In the days right around the turn of the century, the Grand American at Live Birds was still a vivid memory even after it was discontinued. Live bird shooting was still very popular and a single barrel was not a gun that could be used for that type of competition. It probably never entered Ansley's fertile mind as a competition gun while he was "in charge". I still regret that I did not add the last Fox single (#400,568) to my collection when it was offered for sale several years ago at a very reasonable price. The seller didn't have a letter on the gun so I made up my mind if the documentation on the gun was interesting, I would buy it. I read the order card for the gun and it was much less than interesting. The purchaser's name was not mentioned and the gun was not the last gun shipped nor was there any evidence that it was the last gun built. It's only claim to fame was that it had the highest serial number recorded in the order cards. There may even be a higher number single out there with a corresponding, but missing, order card.
