AH Fox SPE 30" Skeet Gun

[Craig Larter]

Picked up a SPE 12ga for a song. Interesting gun. Straight grip, beavertail, single selective trigger, original Jostam pad.
I believe about 175 SP(E)'s were made in 12ga. So a gun not normally encountered. The stock and trigger guard have been properly redone, the bluing on the action and barrels appears original with almost no wear. I'm not a fan of straight grip, beavertail and single trigger but the "package" looks really great and is much better looking than a Model 21 Winchester in my opinion. It's really too bad Savage couldn't make a go of it in the marketplace.

[OH Osthaus]

and it looks just as good or better in person

but the moral of the story is to keep hunting - there are still treasures to be found by the diligent seacher

[Bill Murphy]

Tony could build you one of those, no problem.

[B. Dudley]

Nice find Craig. And most anything is better looking than a 21.
The only thing uglier than a win 21 is a win 24.

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Nice find Craig. And most anything is better looking than a 21.
The only thing uglier than a win 21 is a win 24.

Ive seen people say the Ithaca NID was the ugliest American made sxs , I was thinking they must have never seen a Winchester 21 .

Mr.Brian I would say the only thing uglier than a 21 is a o/u haha.

[Researcher]

Hey!! We had two Model 21 Skeet Guns with the "Sunday Morning Joy Boys" squad at the Spokane Gun Club today. Pretty nice guns!!

My 16-gauge --

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Ithaca NIDs aren't all that bad either, 12-gauge No. 4E Skeet Gun --

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[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

Hey!! We had two Model 21 Skeet Guns with the "Sunday Morning Joy Boys" squad at the Spokane Gun Club today. Pretty nice guns!!

My 16-gauge --

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Ithaca NIDs aren't all that bad either, 12-gauge No. 4E Skeet Gun --

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I know alot of people do love the 21s , I just prefer earlier sxs's ive always thought that somewhere after the 1930s or perhaps 40s that sxs's started to become less shapely and more boxy . Like alot of people love the Stevens 311 and I never thought that was a good looking gun . Everyone has their preferences , Ive seen people say Parkers are too complicated and not as good as a Purdey... Which I thought was kind of hilarious because Ive seen a Purdey fail on a quail hunt before . I had the picture on my Facebook account but I think it was removed by Facebook .

Likewise I think the Ruger Gold Label was a good looking sxs but theres people who think round body doubles are ugly . I still stand by o/u's not being attractive , to me its sacrificing having class to have a maybe a little more practicality .

[Researcher]

I enjoy all kinds of shotguns. I even use those pieces of "farm machinery" Winchester Model 12/42s, Remington 31s & Remington Sportsman.

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[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

I enjoy all kinds of shotguns. I even use those pieces of "farm machinery" Winchester Model 12/42s, Remington 31s & Remington Sportsman.

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Those old humpbacks are kind of special down here . I remember hearing stories of the old guys using them back in the 70s for quail and squirrel. Especially the sweet 16s . My friends grandad had one and he always got a little teary eyed when he would talk about hunting with his in years gone by . His son also had a sweet 16 and a Remington model 11 .

[6pt-Sika]

I'm not a Model 21 fancier as such , but we had a 21 16 gauge skeet gun in the shop a few years ago and I tried my best to buy it off the customer . That gun felt really nice in my hands !

As to NID's I've got an NID Grade 2 10 Super that I like just fine and I have all intentions of getting an Ithaca NID 10 magnum (preferably Grade 2 to match the other).

As to O/U I see NOTHING wrong with the old Browning Belgium made Superposed guns and happen to have a good sized covey of them at the moment in all gauges .

I also see nothing wrong with Remington Model 32's , Krieghoff K-32's K-80's and K-20's .

And it goes without saying the Boss Woodward and Purdey O/U's were in a class all their own .

Nothing wrong with liking what a person likes just be easy about the way one words it .