S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
|
|
6 members (CJ Dawe, MattH, Vol423, skeettx, KDGJ, 1 invisible),
1,164
guests, and
3
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums10
Topics38,512
Posts545,664
Members14,419
|
Most Online1,344 Apr 29th, 2024
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,600 Likes: 13
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,600 Likes: 13 |
I just got back home from examining the gun.
It is what it is...
It was difficult to get a chamber length measurement because of Fox's tight and tapered chambers, so I can't comment on the chamber length.
.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,559 Likes: 22
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,559 Likes: 22 |
I just got back home from examining the gun.
It is what it is...
It was difficult to get a chamber length measurement because of Fox's tight and tapered chambers, so I can't comment on the chamber length.
. Believe there was no notation on the card so it is probably 2 3/4". How nasty is that pitting? Ps. Looks like a damp basement gun to me and I've seen more then a few of those over the years. PS. All numbers match on the gun. It is indeed an HE.
Last edited by tut; 04/14/17 06:31 PM.
foxes rule
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 14,138 Likes: 200
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 14,138 Likes: 200 |
To answer my friend Doug Mann's query about the grade, there are people who are privy to the "list" of HE serial numbers. Apparently, this serial number is on the "list". In addition, all board members and ex board members of the Fox Collectors Association possess a complete computer file of the Fox order cards for graded guns.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 749 Likes: 16
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 749 Likes: 16 |
Thank you Bill, I was kind've aware of the list but I did not see an photos of the serial # on the frame. I may have missed it in my advanced age. :-)
As it stands now there isn't a lot of money left for a professional restoration IMHO.
Last edited by Doug Mann; 04/15/17 09:29 AM.
Doug Mann
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 14,138 Likes: 200
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 14,138 Likes: 200 |
If I owned this gun, I wouldn't be interested in a professional restoration. It would get restored on my dining room table.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 6,995 Likes: 402
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 6,995 Likes: 402 |
I would not restore it either. Preservation and a gentle touch keeping as much original condition as possible and stopping further oxidation would be my goal.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 7,733 Likes: 491
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 7,733 Likes: 491 |
This guns needs stabilization and preservation not restoration. I would clean up the rust, rust blue the barrels and refinish the stock a bit. Beyond that you are just pumping money down a well.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 6,995 Likes: 402
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 6,995 Likes: 402 |
I'm not convinced it needs a rust blue. First step would be to boil those barrels, then remove the black oxides and see what you have. Yes there will be some pitting and blue loss but how much would need to be seen. I would likely just build up the places needing it and not polish out the original blue, just build up where needed and blend out with a few passes covering everything.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,559 Likes: 22
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,559 Likes: 22 |
The current high bidder was the number 2 bidder on a HE Fox that sold Super Bowl Sunday for 14K plus and that one had cut barrels. Apparently he wants an HE real bad. Be interesting what the final gavel shows.
foxes rule
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 7,733 Likes: 491
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 7,733 Likes: 491 |
SKB you are right. And a working gun is allowed a few scars. I just want to make sure all the rust is neutralized and your suggestion would certainly take care of that. I would not strike the barrels just to remove or hide a little pitting. Work horse guns are beautiful to me with scrapes, dings and wear that attest to their being used for the purpose they were intended. Honest hunting.
Hunting of game in natural habitat, not the shooting of pen raised poultry that is shot over e-collared dogs with little bells hanging of their collars. If you tried to put either an e-collar or a little bell on the Cheasie I grew up with your day would have ended with a few bandages and a lot of metholide on cuts and bites. A HE and a Chessie would make a fine throw back combination.
|
|
|
|
|