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Lloyd3
PostPosted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 3:03 pm  Reply with quote



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I don't have any interest in this gun other than knowing the seller and the outlet handling the sale. Not sure it's even made the web yet, but when it does it will be on the M W Reynolds site. Very nice American bird gun, lovely case colors, good weight, & good LOP over a pad and an extension spacer. It won't be cheap but it shouldn't be prohibitive either. Good Luck!

Just checked, it's not been listed yet. Not sure how unusual these straight-gripped Foxes are, but this is the only one I've ever seen in person.

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nj gsp
PostPosted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:51 pm  Reply with quote



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If it’s this one, it’s nearly identical to the 1927 A grade that I have:

https://mwreynolds.com/collections/shotguns/products/a-grade-boxlock-16-gauge

I’d guess the recoil pad is not likely original. This gun will probably have 2-9/16” chambers.

I love mine, and love it more when I remember it has two triggers. Grandma bought it in the 30’s to shoot crows in the garden.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 6:09 am  Reply with quote
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Nice Fox
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Lloyd3
PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:26 am  Reply with quote



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That's it. 1925 gun w/No. 3 Chromox barrels, not No. 2 (misremembered their numbering system, knew it was the next lightest option). It's listed as having 2 3/4 chambers and at 6lbs1!

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nj gsp
PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:52 pm  Reply with quote



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It's possible the chambers were opened up then. I did that with mine. If they are 2-9/16" though, you'll definitely feel it when you shoot a 2-3/4" though it. Ouch! Mine weighs in a 5 lbs 12 oz.

It's truly a fine gun, built on a 20 gauge frame. I always figured A grades in 16 gauge were worth around $4000 so $4995 seems a bit high to me, but if I wanted a second one, I'd spring for the extra thousand! Hope it finds a good home.
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Lloyd3
PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:12 am  Reply with quote



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About as good as an American bird gun gets. You pay a premium to shoot "one of ours".

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vaturkey
PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 1:35 pm  Reply with quote



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nj gsp wrote:
If it’s this one, it’s nearly identical to the 1927 A grade that I have:

https://mwreynolds.com/collections/shotguns/products/a-grade-boxlock-16-gauge

I’d guess the recoil pad is not likely original. This gun will probably have 2-9/16” chambers.

I love mine, and love it more when I remember it has two triggers. Grandma bought it in the 30’s to shoot crows in the garden.


I could be wrong, that checkering pattern looks incorrect for a straight grip A grade Fox. I'd want to see the underside to see the long tang. No A grade straight grips came with a short tang.
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I'll agree with that something doesn't look right .
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:58 am  Reply with quote
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The buttstock looks like it was restocked with higher comb. The checkering appears different than the forend too. Probably a good shooter!
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old colonel
PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 8:12 pm  Reply with quote
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All old vintage guns are compromises to some extent. Rarely are they truly unused original, regardless of the adds. I must admit an unused gun is a terrible beauty as it is a still birth of sorts, not yet having realized it’s purpose.

In this case it is a 3 weight that has seen good use and is now a 4 weight, which is not a disqualification but it must be understood.

I am not as convinced of mismatched checkering, but if the checkering is recut, so much the better as it has true function.

I have brought many such compromised guns in my time, they are trade offs, are the bright spots worth the warts?

It is an individual’s call on whether it is worth it to you to not.

I not too long ago brought a Fox A Grade with 32 inch barrels that someone honed the chokes out of. Cylinder ad Cylinder it is. Although a great skeet gun which has given me 22, 23, and 21 bird rounds is still not quite right. Maybe I will be able to Briley tube it, or add the 30 inch barrels in the white I brought from Pumpkin Gunsmiths.

Whatever the answer it comes down to what money you want to throw at it and what you value.

Note you should not value too quickly or you will have a cash sump that you are not truly committed to.

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old colonel
PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 8:14 pm  Reply with quote
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