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by vaturkey
Sun Apr 05, 2026 3:13 pm
Forum: Fox Collectors Forum
Topic: Looking forward to the Southern, how about u?
Replies: 15
Views: 453

Re: Looking forward to the Southern, how about u?

Hopefully the dog gets put down. Unprovoked that dog is a real danger. I would make a call to your local animal control and file a report. If they don't agree to put the dog down I would get a lawyer and sue the owners for pain and suffering. Nasty bit, hopefully the dog had a rabies shot. Hope you...
by vaturkey
Sun Apr 05, 2026 8:21 am
Forum: Fox Collectors Forum
Topic: Looking forward to the Southern, how about u?
Replies: 15
Views: 453

Re: Looking forward to the Southern, how about u?

I'll be there good lord willing. Suffered a nasty dog bite last week that is requiring some doctor visits to get right. I'm thinking it will be healed up ok by then. PS. Dog jumped a fence and attacked my Llew. Got the Llew away and into the back of the 4 Runner and went to the house to let them kno...
by vaturkey
Wed Mar 18, 2026 10:50 am
Forum: Hunting with a Fox
Topic: Crap. Big Woodcock die off in NJ Cape May area.
Replies: 4
Views: 3998

Re: Crap. Big Woodcock die off in NJ Cape May area.

I just read the below article from this month’s RGS/AWS Bellwether related to the Cape May freeze and impact to woodcock. https://ruffedgrousesociety.org/severe-east-coast-winter-weather-results-in-woodcock-die-offs/ Unfortunately we had another significant ice storm last weekend here in MI’s North...
by vaturkey
Wed Mar 11, 2026 7:52 am
Forum: Pictures of your Fox
Topic: My New 16 Gauge Sterly
Replies: 9
Views: 1541

Re: My New 16 Gauge Sterly

I actually put a bid in on that gun because of the condition. Hard to find them like that. Bet your Llew will like it.
by vaturkey
Sat Mar 07, 2026 11:22 am
Forum: "Technicana" and Restoration Forum
Topic: Press-in Bead Install?
Replies: 10
Views: 1655

Re: Press-in Bead Install?

FWIW, for folks, press in beads are still available from Lyman but they are made of plastic these days and IMO look like crap. Finding vintage ones can be hard and harder. Mid press in beads (number 11 I believe) in Ivory are more widely available and you will find them from time to time out there. ...
by vaturkey
Wed Feb 25, 2026 1:08 pm
Forum: AHFCA Events
Topic: Hausmann's 2026
Replies: 16
Views: 10428

Re: Hausmann's 2026

Grayguy wrote: Wed Feb 25, 2026 11:34 am
Jeff S wrote: Tue Feb 24, 2026 8:48 pm Gray guy, hope to see you there. I guarantee you won’t regret it.
Yes sir are you going to the Southern as well?
Jeff will be there. As will I ( Tom Tutwiler). Look us up.
by vaturkey
Wed Feb 25, 2026 9:17 am
Forum: AHFCA Events
Topic: Hausmann's 2026
Replies: 16
Views: 10428

Re: Hausmann's 2026

If all works out I plan to make the trip from eastern nc with my daughter. If you are in Eastern NC you need to hit the Southern in April and swing by the Fox Booth. We will be there in force like always Good Lord Willing. Better shooting at the NE SXS IMO, but if you want to see some pure eye cand...
by vaturkey
Mon Feb 23, 2026 8:09 am
Forum: Pictures of your Fox
Topic: Early Fox Sterlingworth?
Replies: 3
Views: 2609

Re: Early Fox Sterlingworth?

I just got this Sterlingworth from a friend and was hoping to get some Information from the experts in this forum. A. H. Fox Sterlingworth Co. 12 Ga. Shotgun serail number 52877 made in 1909 ? in Pittsburgh Pa. Length of Pull is 14 ½ inches and the barrels are 30 inches in length. The serial number...
by vaturkey
Sun Feb 22, 2026 4:39 pm
Forum: Fox Collectors Forum
Topic: Super Fox Patterning Results
Replies: 20
Views: 5021

Re: Super Fox Patterning Results

That Winchester load is what I would shoot all day every day out of a Soper Fox. Reality is you might shoot 2 or 3 shots a year out of that Super at a turkey. Think I would shoot the other barrel and see what your pattern is also. My last turkey kills with my Fox was 11 yards away. It might be nice ...
by vaturkey
Thu Feb 19, 2026 8:17 am
Forum: "Technicana" and Restoration Forum
Topic: Repairing a forend lug
Replies: 9
Views: 4464

Re: Repairing a forend lug

Bill Schwarz in GA should be able fix it. Mathew Begley can fix it also. Mathew is in Ohio.

If you are going to the Southern. Mathew Begley will be there and also Jon Hosford. They could take a look and give you some options.
by vaturkey
Mon Feb 16, 2026 9:34 am
Forum: Custom Fox Guns
Topic: An XE 16 Ga. Collaboration by Jim Demunck & Walter Koulach
Replies: 16
Views: 6398

Re: An XE 16 Ga. Collaboration by Jim Demunck & Walter Koulach

That’s a beautiful gun. It appears that the barrels may have been re-stamped.Or could one have ordered Chromox barrels on a Sterlingworth for an additional charge? I suspect restamped. Jon Hosford has the original roll stamps. He roll stamped a Sterlingworth for me about 4 years ago to make it appe...
by vaturkey
Mon Feb 16, 2026 9:30 am
Forum: Pictures of your Fox
Topic: Savage Era 16 Gauge Appreciation Day!
Replies: 10
Views: 3366

Re: Savage Era 16 Gauge Appreciation Day!

I think one of those guns might have been in my safe before. :)
by vaturkey
Tue Feb 10, 2026 8:03 am
Forum: Fox Collectors Forum
Topic: Early Fox A Grade repaired by Savage?
Replies: 13
Views: 5226

Re: Early Fox A Grade repaired by Savage?

I think you nailed it. Gun was sent to Savage for work and they extended the chambers and marked it as such on the left barrel near the breech. I think if the barrels could not be extended for safety reasons, the customer had the option of just having them returned unaltered, or having a new set of ...
by vaturkey
Thu Feb 05, 2026 3:48 pm
Forum: Hunting with a Fox
Topic: Crap. Big Woodcock die off in NJ Cape May area.
Replies: 4
Views: 3998

Re: Crap. Big Woodcock die off in NJ Cape May area.

About 8 years ago I hunted the coastal areas of Maine for Grouse and Woodcock. 3 years earlier we had hunted the same area and Woodcock numbers borderlined on the obscene. 3 of us were there with flushing dogs for a week and were flushing 30 to 40 birds per day. Shooting was difficult in thick cover...
by vaturkey
Thu Feb 05, 2026 10:18 am
Forum: Hunting with a Fox
Topic: Crap. Big Woodcock die off in NJ Cape May area.
Replies: 4
Views: 3998

Crap. Big Woodcock die off in NJ Cape May area.

https://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/over-100-american-woodcocks-killed-by-week-long-freeze-in-mass-death-event-e4ac679b?fbclid=IwY2xjawPxWC1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR7Mc_dDK2B0gFfxpLgg5IOqB44DYHVGOdTaXKCzhGiBscYR4RioiY7oOtsx3Q_aem_bIwXl37PcTIiIELNmvMMeQ Mother natur...