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Fox 12 Gauge - SP UPLAND GAME GUN, vintage firearms inc
Guns International #: 101979850 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Fox Shotguns - Shotguns - American Double
Seller's Information
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Seller: Vintage Firearms, Inc
Company: Vintage Firearms, Inc.
Member Since: 5/19/07
First Name: jay
Last Name: shachter
State: Michigan
Zip: 49546
Country: United States
Phone: (616) 292-6240
Phone2: (616) 608-4337
Fax: (616) 608-4701
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 199
Total Number of Listings: 5172
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
3 days
Payment Types Accepted: credit card, check, certified funds, wire transfer (Advertised price represents the 3% cash discount price. Actual price if paid by credit card is 3% higher cost.)
Description:
General Specs: Fox/Savage, Year 1939, 12 Gauge, 7lb 1oz, Chokes .020/ .032, LOP 14 3/16", DAH 3 1/8", DAC 1 13/16"
Serial Number: 35018
When the Fox SP Grade was introduced in 1932, the depression was on, and the Savage owned Fox factory needed new business. Just a year before, Winchester introduced the Model 21, a popular shotgun then and now. Fox saw the opportunity to make some cost saving changes in the appearance of the Fox with the new SP Grade. With its smooth-sided black frame, more rounded stock and action, the gun appeared more an English boxlock and similar to the new Model 21. Internally it was exactly like every other gun Fox produced and by 1934, Savage/Fox introduced the SPE Skeet and Upland Game gun.
From a 1935 catalog: The Fox SP Grade Skeet and Upland Game Gun is an arm with black gun-metal finish frame, handsomely engraved; imported walnut stock and forend with fine mesh checkering. The length and boring of barrels are correct for use on quail, partridge, woodcock, and other upland game birds at ranges up to 35 yards. These specifications are also correct for skeet shooting.
Offered for sale is this excellent example of the Fox SP Grade gun. While the standard gun had 26" barrels, this SP comes with 28" and is choked MOD/ LITE FULL giving a bit more range for those upland birds that get going sooner! Its bores show as mirrors and has 2 3/4" chambers and an extractor. The furniture is fine straight grained walnut with well spaced mineral streaks and is free of damage. The forend matches the stock with the same grain pattern continuing forward to an inset ebony wedge, checkering matches on both forend and wrist and is in excellent shape. The pistol grip and buttplate are both perfectly fit with hard rubber.
Fox described their new SP frame as "Streamline", when everything from radios to locomotives was designed to be fast and modern looking, streamline was the new vernacular, and it is indeed sleek, gone are the hard edges, the action is rounded both top and bottom, the breech balls filed to the shape of the barrels like an XE grade, the head of the stock is rounded with no “side panels”...this is a true round bodied Fox. The gun handles like most every Fox, balanced 1/8" forward of the hinge pin and weighing 7lbs 1oz. It has double triggers breaking cleanly at 5.9 and 5.7lbs respectively.
What a great gun, built for an emerging market with modern looks and finishes, it still has everything an upland shooter needs. Enjoy.
Barrel Length: 28"
Chokes: .020/ .032
Bores: Mirror
Bore Diameter: .730/ .735
Wall Thickness: .027/ .020
% Blue: 99%
Chambers: 2 3/4"
Ribs: Tight
Sights: Front silver bead
Action: Right of center
Ejectors or Extractors: Extractor
Receiver Condition: 99%
Screws: Excellent
Trigger Type: Double-crisp
Trigger Guard Color: 99%
Stock Type: Capped pistol grip/ Splinter
LOP: 14 3/16"
LOP To End Of Wood: 13 13/16"
DAH: 3 1/8"
DAC: 1 13/16"
Cast: Neutral
Checkering Condition: Very good
Butt Treatment: Hard rubber
There is a 30 day mechanical warranty on this gun. Call us for full details, or to purchase #616-292-6240. If you have any questions please call or email us. Thanks! Vintage Firearms Inc
Payment Methods: Credit Card, Money Order, Certified Check, Personal Check, Wire Transfer (Advertised price reflects 3% cash discount. Actual price if paid by credit card is 3% higher.)
Inspection Period / Return Policy: Three Days from the date the item was received.
Sales Tax: Collected in AR, IL, KS, MI, PA, TN
Shipping & Insurance: Ground $90.00 within the continental U.S. Additional fees for HI & AK. We ship internationally with additional fees!
Item Condition: Used
Requires FFL?: Yes
PLEASE SEE MY OTHER FINE VINTAGE FIREARMS. Just open one of my ads and click on the line that says “see all items from this seller” and a very nice list of fine sporting and collectible arms will appear.
We employ full time gunsmiths on premises and can perform alterations to suit your needs within a few weeks of purchase. Common requests are: -stock bending to suit your particular requirements -addition of any specified butt pad to increase length of pull -alteration of chokes to suit your shooting preferences -lengthening of chambers and forcing cones -darkening stock color with penetrating stains -restoring any part of the gun including rust blue, charcoal blue, bone and charcoal case color, wood restoration and checkering recuts. If you like one our guns but it needs "tweaked", let us know and we can quote you a time and price. Some enthusiasts like the guns "as found" and others want them "just so". We often list guns as found and let the particular buyer choose how they want their gun to fit or look.
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Shotgun Gauge: 12 Gauge