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Lovely gun
Swings like a fence post

Looks like a P for 1963. In 1963 the Fox Model B listed for $105.50. Savage moved from Chicopee Falls to Westfield between the 1960 and 1961 Savage catalogs. In Chicopee Falls the Model B had a slim forearm and the Model BST had a beavertail forearm. Beginning in 1961 the catalog text for both state beavertail forearm but Savage didn't change the catalog picture until 1966 when they went to impressed checkering.

a step up from the 311...but sadly, not even close to being a fox...

In 1937, Savage Arms Corp. introduced three new hammerless break-action guns -- Model 220 single barrel, Model 420 over/under (and the nicer stocked Model 430) and a side-by-side with a trigger-plate action the Model 320 --



Savage Arms Corp. must have decided competing with their A.H. Fox line wasn't a good idea and teh Model 320 was gone by the 1939 catalog. So, to get a lower priced double they added the Fox Model B to their offerings with an insert included in some of their 1939 A.H. Fox catalogs.



Savage took the internal parts of their J. Stevens Arms Co. No. 530 and put them in a slightly nicer profiled, black gun metal finished frame with a bit nicer stock and called it the Fox Model B. The Model B was included in their 1940 A.H. Fox catalog --

Unfortunately I can’t see any of the photos on this thread, no doubt because of my current problem with imgur.

If I could I doubt if I would be impressed by the impressed chequering.

I started out shooting a Stevens single shot .410. Inherited from my older brother. The first shotgun i ever bought with my own money was a Stevens 420 OU in 20ga. On the plus side, it always went bang. On the minus side, it had the handling characteristics of a 2 x 4. Made a Marlin 90 feel sleek in comparison.

that handling qualities thing is some what ambiguous...

it sometimes is difficult to define...

is it just about weight distribution of a particular gun...

or, is it about other factors as well?

People that shoot have no trouble understanding the comparison.

I’ll post a couple more pictures. It is in very nice condition.

Yippee! I can now see the pictures.

I have my dad's Stevens Springfield 16 gauge. Whoever coined the 'phrase "handles like a pig on the end of a shovel" was describing that gun. It was the only shotgun he ever owned and he was deadly on birds with it.