GUN FALL 2016
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 4, 2016.
LOVELY A.H. FOX XE GRADE GAME GUN. FOX XE 30851 12 GA MODERN; C&R; IVORY Cal. 12 ga. 2-5/8" chambers. 28" Chromox Fluid Steel bbls. Full length matted top rib with twin ivory beads. Right tube marked at top "Savage Arms Corp." Left marked "Utica N.Y. U.S.A.". Breech end of bbls nicely engraved with oak leaf wedges. #4 weight bbls. Double nickel-plated triggers, auto ejectors, auto safety. Straight grip buttstock with checkered side panels and checkered in wave and point pattern at grip. Near fully checkered splinter forearm with oak leaf engraved Deely latch and elongated ebony tip. Receiver is fully and finely engraved in typical American oak leaf "X" grade pattern with two geese in marsh scene on left, two quail in field scene on right. Bottom of frame engraved with large fox in hills scene and trigger plate with full well defined and shaded oak leaf engraving. Trigger guard bow is fully engraved in oak pattern with unengraved shield and tang is lightly engraved in oak leaf pattern and SN noted. Top of frame, breech balls, top lever and top tang are all fully engraved. Bore diameter: left - .730, right - .729. Bore restrictions: left - .030 (full), right - .013 (lt mod). Minimum wall thickness: left - .026, right - .022 . Weight: 6 lbs. 13 oz. Drop at comb: 1-7/16, drop at heel: 2-1/4". LOP: 14-1/2". PROVENANCE: Remarkable William Larkin Moore Private Estate Collection of Fine Sporting Arms. CONDITION: Exceptionally fine. Bbls retain virtually all of an expert quality reblack, engraving still sharp and is just starting to tone and age. Receiver retains 65-70% dark orig case colors starting to tone on bottom of frame, bright on sides. Trigger guard retains 30% of orig case hardening mostly on bow toned at tang. Buttstock and forearm are near mint as restored with sharp checkering and only the faintest of handling marks. Buttstock with 11/16" wood extension at butt. This gun is accompanied by a 1972 dated Savage Arms letter indicating orig LOP of 13-1/2" and without wood extension and butt pad that is what it would be today. Bores are excellent, near mirror. Ejectors are in time. Mechanics are crisp. Really a gorgeous, high-quality, very early Savage era X grade in excellent overall condition. 50594-10 JSL (6,000-10,000)