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Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 11:51 am
by longshot
Wanted to share my latest conquest, a minty 1928 XE, you guys all know what an addiction this can be. I feel the need to liberate these old guns from the closet or attic and get them back into the uplands... Steve
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 1:08 pm
by Researcher
Doesn't look like that one has spent any time in the bottom of a duck boat!! Congrats!!
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 1:14 pm
by JasonPeck
1 3/4 drop. Wow.
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 2:16 pm
by Jim Cloninger
Longshot, What a beauty! What gamebirds are you going to hunt with this gun? Will you replace the squished pad?
Jim
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 3:10 pm
by longshot
Jim, I'm primarily a smallbore guy who only hunts ol' Ruff. Just wanted a big brother to the XE20 I picked up last year which we discussed on another thread. I was so taken by the condition of the 12 that I just had to have it. Literally " never had a screw turned", little wear on the flooplate but other than that retains all it's CC, blue and varnish. I don't believe I could bring myself to change the pad, it matches the squashed pad on the 20 exactly. The squashed pad tells a story. May take it out for sporting clays once in a while but other than that I'll just use it to win the Bo Whoop.
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:09 pm
by fox-admin
Beautiful example thanks Craig
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2019 10:49 pm
by jolly bill
I don't think you could find one any nicer.
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 6:37 am
by Foxnut
Looks to be a beauty!!! Could you take some pics of the floor plate and sides of the frame? Great example!
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:56 am
by Jim Cloninger
Wow, Longshot, a XE 20 too! Jim
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:34 am
by longshot
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:35 pm
by Stan Hillis
Exceptional gun, Steve. What are the chances of it surviving in that condition for 91 years? Just awesome. The guns were made to be used, and should be, IMO, but it sure is nice seeing one that was barely used for so long, and so nice.
Congratulations, Stan
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:28 pm
by longshot
Thanks guys, they do make a handsome pair, made less than 2 years apart, one has timing screw, sculpted breech balls and no rebates, and the other one just the opposite. The saga continues. I sure like those X grades. I hope I don't run into a 16 anytime soon.
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 4:01 am
by bbman3
Wonderful Foxes! Bobby
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:00 am
by Fowlgunner
Steve,
Great gun with a common ailment (Collapsed Silvers)!
Have you given any thought to how to repair or replace it?
Will
Re: Liberating another captive Fox
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:16 pm
by longshot
Fowlgunner, I believe i'll just leave it alone. It tells a story of it's own and matches the one on my 20 pretty closely.