SPE Skeet #34813
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SPE Skeet #34813
I recently acquired a nice example of a fully optioned 12 gauge SPE Skeet gun SN# 34813. I’m very fond of the SP/SPE’s and look forward to trying this gun out!
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Re: SPE Skeet #34813
That’s a very good looking gun. Congratulations.
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Re: SPE Skeet #34813
All the bells and whistles!!! Straight stock, beavertail, single trigger, checkered butt and condition. It doesn't get any better. Nice addition to your Fox collection.
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Re: SPE Skeet #34813
Great Gun, Brett. Congrats!
Mine is 34891, probably not quite as nice.
I mark my getting this gun in May 1977, on a spring trip thru New England, at Capeway Sport Center along the road out Cape Cod, as when I move from being a guy who hunted with a couple of Ansley H. Fox doubles to a "collector/historian." The very first A.H. Fox catalog I bought was one of the Savage catalogs with the SP-/SPE-Grade Skeet & Upland Game Gun center-fold.
When the AHFCA got the photocopies of the production cards from R.W. Harris I discovered Roe had looked at the wrong card when he did the letter for me! No mention of a recoil pad in Roe's letter. My gun was apparently returned from Babcock & Hinds and reinspected by Wright on DEC 1 - 1936.
Then it has a later "FOX SPECIAL" card showing it being fitted with a recoil pad to fill an order --
It had a very deteriorated leather-faced pad in 1977, but I had it replaced with a Silvers by my Southern Maryland pad guy.
Mine is 34891, probably not quite as nice.
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Re: SPE Skeet #34813
After my previous post, I've been thinking of writing something definitive about SP-/SPE Skeet Guns. While eating my breakfast this morning, I've been scrolling around the production cards in the 347xx and 348xx range. "Something definitive" is a joke!!
The first mention of a skeet gun built on the SP-/SPE-Grade was in the March 1, 1934, Wholesale Price List --
While not shown in the Retail Catalog it is listed on the March 1, 1934, Retail Price List --
Serial number 34792 is a gun that has surfaced that matches up with the description --
One card for 34792 says "Trap SPE" and the other says "SPE Skeet" --
Between this gun and Brett's, I find three serial numbers marked SPE Skeet and five marked SP Skeet. How many are the plain or engraved style? I found earlier cards marked SPE Skeet and "Latest Style"? Serial number 34742 is marked "SPE Skeet & Quail Gun"?
Sorting Fox skeet guns out may take a Data Center!! My head hurts!
The first mention of a skeet gun built on the SP-/SPE-Grade was in the March 1, 1934, Wholesale Price List --
Sorting Fox skeet guns out may take a Data Center!! My head hurts!
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