I have what I think is the first year's production of a Utica Savage-made Fox Model B. It's a twenty with 28" tubes, choked I/C and Mod., is serially numbered, weighs 6&1/2 lbs. Has hand checkered plain walnut splinter forend and pistol grip stock, is a nicely balanced, slim gun that handles better than it should considering its price. The wood is finished just as nicely as a friend's 1935 Savage Fox Sterlingworth (an UNFIRED) 16 bore, so quality hadn't begun to decline yet at Savage. The Sterlingworth finally discontinued, the Model B hung with fat beavertail forends, stamped vent ribs, single triggers, soon became a bloated utility gun. These very early Model B's are certainly not really Foxes but they were a damn sight slimmer and handier than what they were to become as quality declined. I will buy every small bore one I find! Chopperlump
Last edited by chopperlump; 06/18/10 09:52 AM.
