Fox Collectors

I'm getting an early CE 32" Fox restocked for clays and hunting, to include a new forend. I want the new forend to be XE length. However I don't have a profile of the tapering at the front end of the XE type. Can I interest a member or two with a 12 gauge XE to measure the WIDTH of your forend, every 1" back from the tip? You can put a piece of masking tape on it with pencil marks every 1 inch, then measure across the sides with a vernier or similar at each 1" increment. PLease reply to me with the measurements by PM, or you can post them here. Something like 1" = X, 2" = Y, 3" = Z, etc.

Also, please tell me what barrel length you have. My friend Marshfellow PM'd to say there seems to be some difference in length of the forend wood for different barrel lengths.

PAYMENT: I'll buy you a couple of cocktails while at the Vintagers this year. Thank you, Frank

Sorry Frank, mine's a fake. 'Just done 'in the style of an X'. It's longer than a standard (shorter) AE but shorter than the late high grades by about an inch or so as near as I can tell in pictures from Mac's book.

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Thanks Chuck, I follow your postings on the doublegunshop and know you do really high quality work on both wood and metal. I'd like this forend to be a little longer and it won't have the ebony tip. Your ebony is very well executed but it's just personal preference. I'm hoping to get some measurements from a factory XE to mimic its shape on this latest project. Nothing so far Frank

Hi Frank:

If no one else pipes in with XE 12 gauge dimensions I will measure my sixteen barrels and forearm and maybe you can scale them up.

Thanks,

Mike

9 3/8" serial number 24483 28" 12ga
from forend metal at 1" intervals
0=1.725
1=1.640
2=1.580
3=1.525
4=1.450
5=1.375
6=1.300
7=1.220
8=1.155
9=.940

Frank I drink Wild Turkey!!!

Hey Craig, thanks a bunch. Just what I needed. I was thinking Makers Mark but Turkey it is.

Mike, if you're at Pintail Pt. you can get in on the deal too. Frank

Frank,

In about three weeks I'll be back near my big 12-gauge 32-inch 1-weight XE-Grade boomer. Remind me then and I'll check the forearm then.

Dave

Dave, I will do that. Thank you. Frank

This could be quite the bar tab.......Gentleman Jack please.

Uh oh. Reminds me of my first trip to Anticosti for deer. I took the biggest buck one day, won the pool $250.

Daily winner paid the bar bill, about $450. that night. Frank

Frank I would be a cheap date as I am allergic to alcohol.

Best,

Mike