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figurin if they did field grade gons, wid plain wood, minimal engravings, double triggers an no ejectors nor choke tubes, perhaps it could be done for less...
Last edited by ed good; 09/19/17 08:56 AM.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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figurin if they did field grade gons, wid plain wood, minimal engravings, double triggers an no ejectors nor choke tubes, perhaps it could be done for less... Not enough profit in limited runs of economy models Ed; to make money they have to build Caddies...Geo
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Since the Spanish vacated that market you'll be going up against the Turks. Good luck with that.
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In 1989 when Parker Reproductions lost their production facility in Japan they searched the world for another manufacturer to produce their guns to their quality standards. They found that they'd have to sell their Parker Reproduction gun for $10,000 each. With the inflation we've had since 1989 a Parker Reproduction would have to sell for $19,800.00 for it to be profitable for a company to make it a viable endeavor today.
This is exactly right. At the time, my good friend John Allen of Gamefair Ltd. in Nashville, which is no longer in business, was very close to the Parker Reproduction effort and Tom and Jack Skeuse, and he told me the exact same thing. And I will add this: abandon all hope of any of these kinds of reproduction guns being done again here or anywhere. It was catching lightning in a bottle when the Skeuses did it in the '80's, and that's not going to happen again. JR
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Had a chance to handle one of the Savage Foxes in a Cabela's Gun Library recently. Price tag: $4500. 20ga, 28", straight/splinter/DT. I did not have a scale handy to weigh it, but my guess would be within an ounce or 2 either way of 6#. So they got that right for an upland 20ga. Frame sculpted to look like a Fox.
In general, I was more impressed than I thought I'd be. Things I didn't like: It has the same silver forend plunger release, which sticks out like the proverbial sore thumb against the underside of the barrels. The barrels have a dull finish that's almost matte, like on a waterfowl or turkey gun. But given the prices on new Spanish, Italian, or German competitors, I'd say it doesn't stack up too badly.
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I just wish CSMC could have made the RBLs and this "Fox" with a nice level rib that stays above the height of the barrels all the way to the muzzles, just like every other American double gun mfctr did. JR
Be strong, be of good courage. God bless America, long live the Republic.
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figurin if they did field grade gons, wid plain wood, minimal engravings, double triggers an no ejectors nor choke tubes, perhaps it could be done for less... Even if they produced the stripped down plain Jane version you suggest for the 1989 projected price of $10,000, just how many do you think they would sell Ed? And could you tell us why you write and spell like an illiterate sharecropper who hasn't learned about the Caps Key? When you were in school, did you ever stick your tongue on the flagpole during recess in the winter? Skip the last question... I think we already know the answer.
A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.
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well scut...you should no...you was der too..when you an yo toadie were not hangin out behin da wood fence when you two was ex spelled...always wondered why you two spent so much time to geder behin dat fence...
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keep it simple and keep it safe...
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The Turks could probably build a Parker Repro for 10K. The problem is no one would buy it.
foxes rule
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I would like to them make a SXS rifled slug gun in 12ga. Or 20 ga. .under Savage or Steven..
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