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What do you think the #2 under the serial number means? Also, was there a point in time when the "fox" proof did not show up? 
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Second barrel of a two barrel set. See Double Gun Journel Autumn 1998, "One for All?" by Tom Kidd. Fox proof stamp started about 1908
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What if the patent date on the forend was post of the serial number manufacturing date? i.e. A 1911 patent date on a 1908 gun. Could this be a second barrel by Fox at a later time?
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Also, in one of his articles Tom Kidd mentioned something about AHFGCo. adding ejectors to a lot of their extractor guns in inventoy after the 1911 style ejectors came out.
That 2 is a typical marking for a second set of barrels, but there is no way of telling when they were added. If the original set has a 1 in those locations, that is an indication of a time-of-manufacture multiple barrel set. If the original barrels don't have a 1, the second set was likely added at a later date.
From the Fox magazine ads I've saved it appears to me that the Fox Proof started being added to the guns about 1910. I don't have a catalogue between 1907 and 1911, so I don't know for sure.
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Mark, I would hazard a guess that the 1911 patent date on the forend has to do with the ejectors. Jim
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