I once owned a Fox HE that had been cut to 29". I think it maybe started out as a 32" gun. There was not much choke left in it( I think Orlen told me about 0.010). After reading the chapter in McIntosh's "Best Guns" about steel shot in old doubles I had the chambers lenghtened to 3"(they were 2 3/4") originaly with long cones by Orlen and shot factory 3" steel BB and BBB through it for geese for about 3 or 4 seasons. It probably only amounted to 2 or 3 boxes of shells.
This was about 1988 to 1991 and there was not as much knowledge of lower pressures in old guns and I did not think about it much,
after reading in McIntosh's book "If you must shot steel in an old gun,there is one likely candidate:an A.H. Fox HE Grade, also known as a Super Fox.". I also thought about having Briley install choke tubes but decided not to.
I never found any damagein the barrels from the steel and when Galazan bought it from me he didn't either.

Fritz

Last edited by GSPWillie; 01/25/08 10:43 AM.