Silvers,

Niel Thayer was very active in the Portland area during the 60s. I had a friend with DE and XE Foxes that Niel occasionally tuned.
He did great work--I remember how well he was able to tune chokes and chambers for max performance and also saw a badly dented Fox barrel that he made as good as or maybe better than new. To my knowledge my friends never had him make a new stock.

FOX SXS