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I've never fully disassembled a Fox action and don't want to blindly unlease the fury of a coil spring. Would anyone be willing to provide some guidance as to the proper sequence of events for taking apart and reassembling?

I believe this came from the Fox Collector's site http://foxcollectors.com/index.html (and I'm not man enough to attempt it )

First you must remove the sears so that you can pull the stock off the frame.
Remove the triggerguardscrews and trigger guard. The guard will screw out of the floor-plate. Next, remove the tang screws, both top and bottom. Place the action in padded vise up side down and remove the front trigger plate screw so you can use tweezers to pull the little spring out. Lift the floor plate out of the frame by lifting with the triggers and tapping around it with a soft hammer, at this point, BE CAREFUL, the SMALL coil spring and the top lever trip pin are in the hole that the floor plate screw came out of. The spring may fall out on it's own if the frame is inverted, (and probably will so BE CAREFUL!!!) The trip pin will stay in, unless the top lever is moved back to the center position.
I never remove the pin entirely. I simply push it far enough in to let the one sear drop, then I push the pin the other direction until the second sear falls out. I leave the pin in the gun. Don't forget to tighten the small set screw that keeps the pin from moving when you reassembel the gun.
You can now see the sear tails are against the wood when you pull the stock back. next, remove the tiny screw that retains the sear pin, using a small drift punch to drive out the sear pin. Tip the heel of the stock down to clear the safety mechanism and it should come off.
NOTE: There is a safety push rod in a small hole in the head of the stock that is easy to lose.
This will get the butt stock off and should be more than enough disassembly for a through cleaning and re-oiling.

Thank you revdocdrew, I'm at this point currently (stock removed). I need instructions from here on out with full disassembly of the action.

Thank you revdocdrew, I'm at this point currently (stock removed). I need instructions from here on out with full disassembly of the action.

The Fox is very similar to so many other boxlocks. Basically, lower the hammers, drive the crosspin for the hammers out the left side with a slightly smaller dia pin and pull the pin. The spring/guide-plunger can be captured easily. Re-assembly is a little more difficult, but still not bad.

when you get ready to remove the hammers take out or loosen the little lock screw that prevents hammer pin to move. Nothing will fly out or away and you will need to play with the hammers to get them over the ledge in the frame.email me at gunscrew@yahoo.com if you need any more help. Bobby

To remove the hammers, take the small set screw that holds the hammer pin in position out before driving the hammer pin out. Driving the hammer pin out will leave the hammers still in the receiver and under spring pressure but slightly back from their pivot positions. No they won't fly out of the receiver when you remove the hammer pin. To remove each hammer, take a narrow screw driver and tip the cocking arm (forward extended arm) of the hammer downward (looking at the bottom of the disassembled action) and hold it in that position. Take another appropriate shaped narrow screwdriver (handy aren't they!) and from the back of the action, place that one between the inside top of the receiver and the top of the hammer and gently lever the hammer upwards just a little and the hammer will pop free of the receiver. The mainspring and follower will then be free to be removed from the receiver. What you are doing in all this is rolling the hammer back as in a cocking motion to free the fireing pin tip from the fireing pin hole in the receiver so the hammer can be lifted up and out of the receiver. On reassembly, push the hammer back down into it's position in the receiver once again with the hammer spring guide in place against the mainspring follower. A large blunt wide blade driver against the back of the hammer given a smart shove will snap the hammer back into the position but then you'll need to push the hammer(s) forward just a little under spring pressure to line up with the hammer pin. Replace and tighten the set screw for the hammer pin.

Many thanks to you all for the much needed info and Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!