Originally Posted By: LeFusil
Originally Posted By: old colonel
Lefevers best work, followed by Fox

I used to think L C Smith, but not anymore.

My opinion is limited by not handling some of the other early makers. I await the opinion of others with more hands on experience


I think the only issue some of us have with putting Fox in the upper echelon of fit and finish is it seems Fox was only concerned with external fit and finish. The insides of the Fox are, for lack of better words, unrefined and sloppy. Doesnt matter what grade either...they all seem to have received the same lack of attention to the insides.
Ive had numerous Lefevers apart, grade for grade they seemed to have left the factory as finely finished inside as the outsides of the gun. Parkers are very nice, Remingtons and Colts were very nicely finished as well.


I can possibly agree with somewhat unrefined, but sloppy? Nah. Sloppy implies unreliability, and that does not describe a Fox. Ask all the gunsmiths you know how many times they have fixed the internals on Foxes, compared to Parkers, then decide. I believe you will reconsider. They just don't break, or get out of order, as much.

SRH

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