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What is the current going rate for a mint condition AH Fox A Grade 12 gauge with double triggers, original 26" barrels and great wood. The gun is 32XXX serial number and is from 1928. All number match. Assuming the gun is 100% and the barrels are great what do you think this gun will run? This is one of the nicest A grades I have seen. The gun is very tight and appears to be in top condition.
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How mint is mint?
Is it barely touched?
Or has it been fired and handled? Is anything worn?
And is it all original mint, or dealer "mint" (which sometimes means redone)?
If it's all original, truly mint (showing almost no use or wear), I'd say $4500 - $5,000.
An A grade is a low-grade Fox. Finding one is minty shape is hard to do, so a collector should pay a premium to have one.
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OWB:
The gun has been fired and shows some minor nicks on the wood. This is not a perfect unfired gun. However, for a field gun it is about as nice of a gun as you can ask for. Anything nicer and I would not want to use the gun. I will try to post some pics later today.
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I'm no gun appraiser, but I'd guess a truly factory mint original A grade extractor gun in 12g with 26" bbls might bring twice to three times the price of an average 75%ish gun. This gun doesn't sound quite mint, which should make it more reasonable. Seems like there's a very steep slope in price in that area from about 85% to 100% (mint) condition.
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Like all things scarce and/or desirable where there is, at least to some, discernable difference in quality, those last few % points of gun condition do get pricy, indeed.
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Those minor nicks on the wood are not found on a mint gun. soumds like a about $2000 shy of mint. Mint is the only gun condition that is easy to describe, all the others can be a matter of opinion, not so with mint, it's either just like it left the factory or it isn't.... MDC
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The "A" grade is the flagship of AH Fox. There is a good market for vintage good ol' middle America's guns. A good 90-95% gun in "A" grade is a real good one.
Buy it now!
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I bought a close to mint condition 28" A grade a couple years ago for a little over 3k. I think there has been a enormous increase in interest in Fox guns the past couple of years. IMHO OWD is in the "Ballpark" price range. Also if the gun has any options it could drive the price even higher(single trigger,straight grip stock.?
Kdross you might want to post the same question over at
foxcollectors.com for more input. Paul
Last edited by FOXIST; 01/28/07 10:22 AM.
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I sold a near mint half-pistol grip 12-gauge 28-inch 4-weight Chromox barrels A-Grade from 1920, with the hang tag, four years ago for $1500. I'm sure the reason it stayed near mint was its over three inch drop-at-heel. It was a great example of the cynide case colors of the period. There has been more increase in the price of 12-gauge Fox doubles in the four years since I sold it then in the 11 years I owned it!
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