Fox Collectors

Spent last weekend at the National Gun Day Gun Show in Louisville. Well attended show on Saturday and Sunday morning. There were several Foxes on the tables. A number of well worn Sterlingworth 12 and 16 gauge guns. A few A/AE small bores and one 16 CE. Of note was a 12 Gauge BE that I had looked at previously. This gun intrigued me. It has British 2 1/2” Nitro proofs on the barrel flats. It had been refinished at some point as well. It was choked IC/Full w/28” barrels. Looks to have had a replacement forend with a horn inlay that was slightly snabled. I was tempted as I thought it would make a nice clays gun. The same gentleman had a very nice original condition A Grade 12 gauge w/28” M/F barrels a semi-pistol grip stock with Fox serrated butt plate. Unfortunately he was over priced on the gun. A few other interesting Fox guns as well.

Also got to visit with several fellow Fox enthusiast including TJW and a few others! Always good to catch up face to face and spend time admiring other Foxes.

Sounds like a good show and thanks for the update.

The BE sounds interesting. There's something about the B grades that catch my fancy. Probably my favorite choke combo for clays and hunting (if I hunted with a 12). I've come to appreciate 28" barrels in the last few years. Do you remember the price tag on it?

Sounds like he had a nice array to choose from - how were his asking prices? Thanks, Kevin

DarylC wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:47 am The BE sounds interesting. There's something about the B grades that catch my fancy. Probably my favorite choke combo for clays and hunting (if I hunted with a 12). I've come to appreciate 28" barrels in the last few years. Do you remember the price tag on it?

Daryl, the BE was intriguing to me as well. I thought that combo of chokes would be great for clays. I never got to price on the gun as I thought if I knew I’d try to buy it!! BGrades have a soft spot for me as well. While not a collector gun I thought it would be a great shooting Fox to enjoy the way it was meant to be!

Sporrns wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:33 am Sounds like he had a nice array to choose from - how were his asking prices? Thanks, Kevin

Asking prices on the Foxes I looked at were high but not out of the realm of current asking prices. There was a flat out mint Savage era 16 Sterlingworth extractor gun with 28” barrels. Asking price was $2800. While it seemed a tad high to me the condition was definitely in that realm.