I dunno here guys- My only AH Fox is a later 20 bore Sterlingworth 26" uncut barrels open bored SN 261981- I tried to get it lettered by the Fox Gruppen, but they only trace serial numbers for the graded Fox shotguns--
I have a hunting pal who has a BE 12 with 30" Krupp Flusshall barrels- DT, straight hand stock- it is a "Steinway" But I have also seen for the last three years a 12 early Sterlingworth with the "Parker Pin" DT 30" extractor with some wear, but tight and sound- asking $1800 and won't budge- why? because the owner/consignor read an article by the shotgun editor in Field & Stream about a similar 12 Sterly (but not a Parker pin series) that Mr. Bourjaily bought from Scheels and valued at $1800 after a "face-lift"--
I like Fox from a business inventory point of view- Three frames I believe- one for the HE that came out in the mid-1920's, ow a std 12 frame, and a frame for both the 16 & 20 gauges- No 10, 28 or .410's, and fewer grades, and all very well made and finished off-I also appreciate Parkers, but so many frame sizes, gauges and grades- must have been an inventory nightmare at times..
My 20 was made in Utica, has 2.750" chambers and uncut barrels, DT and extractors-I have a friend with a late Philly 20 Sterling Worth- and the wood, checkering pattern, wood to metal fit, etc. are "dead nutz" identical- He paid $1650 for his Philly gun, I bought mine privately for $1200. To collectors and purists perhaps the Philly Foxes are worth more, but in the field-maybe not so. RWTF
