doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Can someone tell me about this Fox?

Agree with Mr. Campbell 100%.
JR

Another agree with Mike. I've been down this same road to a degree. A fine English stock blank isn't inexpensive and restocking is probably circa $3,500 (not counting the blank) from Dave V. Throw in the celebrity folks who did the barrel blacking and new action colors and you might be exactly into the dollars he is asking for, (counting the cost of the original gun of course).

I'd like to see a few more pictures and have measurements etc etc, but this is no doubt a project that hit all the marks for the original owner.

PS. I doubt if anyone could replicate this exact gun with the same craftsman utilized at the current asking price.

Re tut's point, here are some ballpark figures for a custom SW Fox project along the lines of the gun in question:

Careworn but mechanically sound 16 ga. SW with good barrels - $1000-1500
Rustblue - $250 (Turnbull)
CCH - $250 (Turnbull)
Charcoal blue furniture - $100 (Trunbull)
Quality Restocking, including F/E and checkering - $3000-4000 (plus $600-800 for blank)

So that gets you to $5200-6900 for the project, plus shipping costs back and forth, and project delay and risk.

Of courese, you could get a nice, refurbished SW for a lot less than that, too - particularly if it has been refurbished to something closer to factory finish. Call Dave Sizemore at Sugarloaf Smoothbores and he can help you end up with a refurbished SW at close to half that price, like this one:

For comparison:

http://www.gunsinternational.com/Fox-Sterlingworth-Restored-by-Turnbull-Mfg-Co-.cfm?gun_id=100290535

OWD

I stand enlightened. That is certainly a similar SW and an excellent one for shopping comparison...the same money will buy extra fancy English walnut in one case or a leather pad and single trigger in the other. Decisions, decisions.

Those Turnbull prices are for pre-polished parts sent in for finishing. They don't reflect any charges for labor in polishing, disassembly/re-assembly, needed repairs, bore or rib work, custom metal shaping, ect.
Pricey stuff to hire someone to do. Not everyone can DIY in this area.

It can be terribly expensive to have a well known someone or a group of well known someones build a custom gun for you. The other great expense is the loss usually taken when it's resold. Not always,,but very often the case.
That can be a good thing for the new buyer..

Very Beautiful Sterlingworth Doverham, restored with some taste and class, looks super nice with the tasteful fiddleback walnut......

Unlike the first SW pictured with the overly gaudy wood and canoe forend which makes that particular SW look like a Model A Ford that has been painted with a heavy metal flake paint job and gold plated wheels, to each his own though.......many custom guns turn into abortions IMO......

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Unlike the first SW pictured with the overly gaudy wood and canoe forend which makes that particular SW look like a Model A Ford that has been painted with a heavy metal flake paint job and gold plated wheels, to each his own though.......many custom guns turn into abortions IMO...... [/quote]




Please, tell us how you really feel. LOL!

Mike has some real nice ones, shoots the heck out of them, too. Of course, if we had Mike's money we could just throw our money away.

I can�t understand why someone customizes a gun then when he goes to sell it tries to make a profit on it. I�m not talking about this gun in particular but If you�re going to customize a shotgun to your shooting style and your tastes does it make sense to turn around and sell it?