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Chuck,
I think that is the Fox/Kautzki(sp?) trigger you describe.
Mike
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That sounds like an Infallible Single Trigger, not a factory Kautsky. Maybe someone could post a picture of a factory Kautsky trigger to clear the air.
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Utah The rear portion does look Fox and the stock wood sure looks to match the forend.I have not handled any Philly guns with what I consider factory beavertail forends but yours sure does look close. I think the beavertail did not appear in the catalog until 1930 but Im sure Fox would have made a beavertail before that if the customer had specified it. The reprint 1930's catalog I have list a "English Beavertail" with the large schnabel and a "Trap Style beavertail" with fuller proportions. Is it posible that the gun in question originally had a English type beavertail that a subsequent owner did not like and removed the schnabel and added the new tip? Just a thought! What vintage gun are we talking hear? late 20's early 30's? I am also posting a picture of a Fox-Kautzky single trigger showing the selector location. Paul 
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FOXIST,
Per the list on this site the gun was one of the first made in 1927.
Mike
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Chuck and Utah, there is a picture of a factory Fox trigger. Any selector up off the tang next to the safety means a Lancaster Infallible and not a factory Kautsky trigger.
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Utah I think a factory letter is the only way to know for sure. Going by serial# while 90% of the time is close can sometimes be misleading. I Hope you find the answers you are looking for in the letter. Keep us Posted. Good Luck!! Paul
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Thanks for all the information.
If I can round up an envelope and stamp I'll mail out a request for a letter from the small town I am spending the week in.
I posted this on a few sites and from the information I recieved my bet is the following.
BT Forend is original, trigger is not.
We'll see what the letter says.
Thanks again,
Mike
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