One of my hunting companions, a now retired Judge of Probate, belongs to the Fox Collectors Assn. I was at his home today and he showed me the re-up card he received. Even though I am not a member and only own one Fox Sterlingworth shotgun, I was very impressed with the nice tribute paid to the late Michael McIntosh. Very well said indeed.
Without trying to steal their thunder, the gist is- the first 15 members who re-up for a 5 year tour of duty received a signed and sealed copy of the last edition of Michael's fine book on the AH Fox guns. I have his best guns and his book on shotgunning, I hold Michael to have been as much of as researcher and first rate gun writer on the Fox guns as I hold the now late Edward Muderlak on the Parkers.
What a shame we lost both these first rate gunners and writers in 2010. My friend has a 12 BE Fox with 30" Krupp barrels, and a 16 AE with 28" Chromox barrels, both DT and PG stocks-excellent wood to metal and mechanics, I can see why Michael considered them to have been the best boxlock doubles ever made in the USA.
