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Chuck,

I think that is the Fox/Kautzki(sp?) trigger you describe.

That sounds like an Infallible Single Trigger, not a factory Kautsky. Maybe someone could post a picture of a factory Kautsky trigger to clear the air.

Utah The rear portion does look Fox and the stock wood sure looks to match the forend.I have not handled any Philly guns with what I consider factory beavertail forends but yours sure does look close. I think the beavertail did not appear in the catalog until 1930 but Im sure Fox would have made a beavertail before that if the customer had specified it. The reprint 1930's catalog I have list a "English Beavertail" with the large schnabel and a "Trap Style beavertail" with fuller proportions. Is it posible that the gun in question originally had a English type beavertail that a subsequent owner did not like and removed the schnabel and added the new tip? Just a thought! What vintage gun are we talking hear? late 20's early 30's? I am also posting a picture of a Fox-Kautzky single trigger showing the selector location. Paul

FOXIST,

Per the list on this site the gun was one of the first made in 1927.

Chuck and Utah, there is a picture of a factory Fox trigger. Any selector up off the tang next to the safety means a Lancaster Infallible and not a factory Kautsky trigger.

Utah I think a factory letter is the only way to know for sure. Going by serial# while 90% of the time is close can sometimes be misleading. I Hope you find the answers you are looking for in the letter. Keep us Posted. Good Luck!! Paul

Thanks for all the information.

If I can round up an envelope and stamp I'll mail out a request for a letter from the small town I am spending the week in.

I posted this on a few sites and from the information I recieved my bet is the following.

BT Forend is original, trigger is not.

We'll see what the letter says.

Thanks again,

Mike