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Fox upgrade to D grade completed and test drive. #469516 01/17/17 06:42 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,654 Likes: 68 Retired FED tut OP Sidelock
OP tut Sidelock Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,654 Likes: 68 Retired FED	Posted this gun in the white I think last June and it was finally finished recently. Took it out of the safe and did a test drive last week. Gun started life as a Extractor Philly 16 gauge Sterlingworth with 28" barrels. Metal work was done by Dan Rossiter at Custom Stocks and Steel (who btw was accepted as a stockmaker by the ACCG last week in Dallas). Dan also restocked the gun with a Turkish blank I had located a few years ago. Gun was patterned after the first small bore 20 gauge made in 1912 using pictures I got out of the Double Gun Journal in 1995. Kept everything the same as that gun including the checkering pattern. Dan added an escutcheon to the forearm even though this gun is an extractor gun primarily to keep the looks the same. Mr. Gournet did all the engraving on the gun. Chokes are .004 and .014 and the gun weighs 6 lb 4 oz. Anyway, guess that's it. A few pictures I took last week are attached: And the pup that made it all possible who turned 2 last week. My Lew Sophie. foxes rule

Re: Fox upgrade to D grade completed and test drive. tut #469519 01/17/17 06:58 PM
Joined: May 2016 Posts: 1,541 Likes: 330 SE Michigan Karl Graebner Sidelock
Karl Graebner Sidelock Joined: May 2016 Posts: 1,541 Likes: 330 SE Michigan	Beautiful gun and dog! I'm betting that you'll have a great season next year. Karl

Re: Fox upgrade to D grade completed and test drive. tut #469520 01/17/17 07:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 358 Likes: 48 Richburg, SC Tom Bryant Sidelock
Tom Bryant Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 358 Likes: 48 Richburg, SC	Spectacular. Gun and Setter.

Re: Fox upgrade to D grade completed and test drive. tut #469524 01/17/17 07:27 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,021 Pennsylvania treblig1958 Sidelock
treblig1958 Sidelock Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,021 Pennsylvania	That project was well worth the effort!!!! That came out beautifully and being a 16 gauge makes it even better!!! Another beautiful Fox to add to the ever growing gallery of Fox guns on this board.

Re: Fox upgrade to D grade completed and test drive. treblig1958 #469534 01/17/17 08:49 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 582 Big D wingshooter16 Sidelock
wingshooter16 Sidelock Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 582 Big D	Just lovely. Interesting layout of the feather direction. Mike Tolerance: the abolition of absolutes Consistency is the currency of credibility

Re: Fox upgrade to D grade completed and test drive. tut #469535 01/17/17 08:54 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,134 Likes: 125 nh mostly ed good Sidelock
ed good Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,134 Likes: 125 nh mostly	loverly... keep it simple and keep it safe...

Re: Fox upgrade to D grade completed and test drive. wingshooter16 #469536 01/17/17 08:57 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,654 Likes: 68 Retired FED tut OP Sidelock
OP tut Sidelock Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,654 Likes: 68 Retired FED	Originally Posted By: wingshooter16 Just lovely. Interesting layout of the feather direction. Mike Grain flowed down from the head through the grip. Was the only way Dan could lay out the blank to maintain the strength in the grip area. Kinda hard to see the grain flow given where I placed the two quail to take the pic. Last edited by tut; 01/17/17 08:59 PM. foxes rule

Re: Fox upgrade to D grade completed and test drive. tut #469541 01/17/17 09:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 19 ahfoxman Boxlock
ahfoxman Boxlock Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 19	A very nice up-grade but why is it the fore arm wood is so much darker than butt stock wood?

Re: Fox upgrade to D grade completed and test drive. tut #469551 01/17/17 10:09 PM
Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 851 Likes: 37 Valdosta GA 67galaxie Sidelock
67galaxie Sidelock Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 851 Likes: 37 Valdosta GA	Good job sir!

Re: Fox upgrade to D grade completed and test drive. 67galaxie #469552 01/17/17 10:22 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,676 Likes: 180 Left Coast Bob Cash Sidelock
Bob Cash Sidelock Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,676 Likes: 180 Left Coast	Love the wood !

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