I finished this up in early December, then worked a couple kinks out of the ejectors after it was assembled. There always seems to be some little thing you have to go back and tinker with.
I posted these pics on another thread around October I think it was.
The stock was fitted and the metal was roughed out, but no engraving or checkering was done.
A Philadelphia mfg AH Fox Sterlingworth in 16ga w/ejectors. 28" bbls, still M & F chokes.
I restocked it, changed it to a straight grip in the process. Went with a heal & toe cap, ect, ect. New trigger guard was an in the rough replacement originally for one of the Spanish SxS's. I bought several a few years back and they've worked out well on projects. Lots of filing though.
Frame breech reshaped to follow the bbl contour and a few other small changes like reshaping the side panels and the thumb lever.
Files are your friend..
Frame was 'rebated' top and bottom for the stock. A small detail but appreciated by collectors and admirers of SxS's. I didn't scallop the sides as I've done on some. I think it's a little much especially on the small frames but it can look classy if not over done.
The finished gun. Engraving is kind of an F pattern but not a strict copy. Setter on each side, gold grouse on the bottom and woodcock on the guard.
Receiver, heal&toe plates and forend escutcheon finished in a french gray,,the bbls, top lever, trigger guard and forend iron are rust blued.
The checkering is 24lpi and again is close to what the original F grade Fox pattern was but not an exact copy. The forend got an ebony tip at the last minute,,actually while I was doing the checkering on it.
All the work was done by me, nothing sent out. Engraving was about 50hrs. The entire project about 150/170 hours,,somewhere in there. I keep track,, kind of,,, but not as closely as I did when I had to bill customers!
Shoots nicely,,shot a few rounds of skeet with it.
Put it in the corner.
Time for another project..
Pictures aren't very good. I appologize for that. I should graduate from the floppy disc era.
I posted these pics on another thread around October I think it was.
The stock was fitted and the metal was roughed out, but no engraving or checkering was done.
A Philadelphia mfg AH Fox Sterlingworth in 16ga w/ejectors. 28" bbls, still M & F chokes.
I restocked it, changed it to a straight grip in the process. Went with a heal & toe cap, ect, ect. New trigger guard was an in the rough replacement originally for one of the Spanish SxS's. I bought several a few years back and they've worked out well on projects. Lots of filing though.
Frame breech reshaped to follow the bbl contour and a few other small changes like reshaping the side panels and the thumb lever.
Files are your friend..
Frame was 'rebated' top and bottom for the stock. A small detail but appreciated by collectors and admirers of SxS's. I didn't scallop the sides as I've done on some. I think it's a little much especially on the small frames but it can look classy if not over done.
The finished gun. Engraving is kind of an F pattern but not a strict copy. Setter on each side, gold grouse on the bottom and woodcock on the guard.
Receiver, heal&toe plates and forend escutcheon finished in a french gray,,the bbls, top lever, trigger guard and forend iron are rust blued.
The checkering is 24lpi and again is close to what the original F grade Fox pattern was but not an exact copy. The forend got an ebony tip at the last minute,,actually while I was doing the checkering on it.
All the work was done by me, nothing sent out. Engraving was about 50hrs. The entire project about 150/170 hours,,somewhere in there. I keep track,, kind of,,, but not as closely as I did when I had to bill customers!
Shoots nicely,,shot a few rounds of skeet with it.
Put it in the corner.
Time for another project..
Pictures aren't very good. I appologize for that. I should graduate from the floppy disc era.
