Eightbore, nothing confusing about it at all. It's not about taking the 32" SW out in duck weather or having it bounce around a boat. I use all my guns; I'm not a museum curator. It's strictly about the economics of making up another Fox sporting clays gun, starting out with a cheaper one that's in lesser condition than the 32" SW I have.
I don't recall seeing you write about sporting clays, so maybe you don't understand what it would take to make up a dedicated Fox sporting gun. If I were to re-do my 32" SW for sporting I would open the chokes to about .025" each, lengthen the chambers, get somewhat longer cones for modern wads, have a new buttstock made with my dimensions, also a new forearm made that is longer and fuller. Then... since the stock and checkering would look new, I'd probably have the barrels re-blued. Doesn't make sense to do that to an unmolested SW, since I already have two decent Foxes already set up for the courses. In case you're wondering here's what one looks like. Silvers
