Fox Collectors

She looks a little less intense in that last photo!

I gotta wonder what would a schematic do for you that the Disassembly Instructions on our home page doesn't cover?

https://foxcollectors.com/mechanisms/disassembly

By the 1920s the factory original checkering on A-/AE-Grades wasn't fully pointed up -- 201683 01 A-Grade, 26-inch.jpeg but generally, cut a bit deeper than on a Sterlingworth -- Flat-Top Checkering 01 STERLINGWORTH EJECTOR BRUSH.jpg Catalog A-/AE-Grade picture and text -- 1926 Retail Catalogue, pg ...

That pin actuates the automatic safety when the top-lever is pushed to the right. Cut-aways from the 1908 "Campfire" Catalog --

That gun looks like an AE-Grade to me. Shouldn't have cheek checkering.

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A 1906 Lewis era Ithaca Gun Co. catalog lists the barrels for the No. 1 Special as "Nitro Steel." I don't have any Minier or early Flues era Ithaca catalogs but the 1911 to 1915 catalogs list Cockerill Steel barrels for the No. 1 Special. 1911-12 pg 14 No. 1 Special.jpg The next Flues era ...

My No. 1 Special that shipped 25 May 1915, with never catalogued 30-inch Cockerill Steel barrels, choked .000" right and .018" left, has 2 7/8-inch chambers, but it has only digested these while in my care -- 28-gauge, 2 1-2-inch, Lite, 5-8-ounce #9.jpeg From the 1914-15 Ithaca Gun Co. cat...

Very nice 28-gauge. Is it chambered for 2 1/2-inch or 2 7/8-inch shells -- TARGET 28-ga.jpg TARGET 28-ga 2 7-8 inch.jpg Up through the 1914-15 Ithaca Gun Co. catalog the No. 1 1/2 was their entry-level Damascus barrel gun -- 1914-15 Ithaca Gun Co. catalog No. 1 1-2.jpeg In July 1915 magazine ads Ith...

The workmanship on these early guns from Wayne & Bristol Streets is top notch but being all 12-gauges, they don't seem to do all that well in the marketplace. From the first A.H. Fox Gun Co. catalog -- 1905 Finest Gun in the World page 5.jpeg The earliest B-Grades didn't get that little burst of...

As of 9-3-23 out of the 3010 guns in his Model 71 survey he had recorded 135 with the 20” barrel. If you have access to the Summer 2021 Winchester Collector magazine there is a very informative article in there on 71’s. You can also see it online at the Winchester Collector forum I believe. I found...

The 20-inch barrel is first listed in the 1938 Winchester catalog. Here is the Model 71 page from the 1936, 1937 & 1938 Winchester catalogs -- 1936, 1937 & 1938 adds 20-inch barrel.jpeg The American Rifleman did a short review of the 20-inch barrel Model 71 in the March 1938 issue, page ...

Nice! Hopefully whoever cleans out my house after I'm gone won't throw the half dozen full "Bear Boxes" sitting in a drawer in the gunroom in a dumpster. I wonder if those pre-war primers are still good? Bear Boxes.jpeg This to me seems to be the hardest box of .348 ammo to find -- Peters ...

That sculpting to the bottom smacks of the Syracuse L.C. Smiths.

To date the highest serial number Model 1878 I've recorded is 20648 that Puglisi has had for sale.

Gotta love those Colt letters "wood" and "blue"! The only thing blue on my 1883 is the top-lever and trigger guard.

That is quite the piece of wood! I would guess from the serial number that your gun is the later style Colt hammer gun with the rib extension?

We have Northern Bobwhite in Washington State, and I see by the range map they hit the southeast corner of Wyoming. Northern Bobwhite Quail Range Map.png I have only found coveys here in Washington twice. Back in my college years while sitting on my stool on the res south of Yakima waiting for doves...