Fox patent Side-Swing (Top Left), Baker Gun Co. And since demand was high, the prices of those guns quickly climbed out of reach. But that aside, finding a quick, light double suitable for woodcock or grouse in any of the more common grades, from any of the great names, was tough. Fox, that company probably made more light upland guns than any of the others. According to Michael McIntosh, who chronicled the return of the side-by-side in both books and magazines, and wrote a volume devoted to the A.H. This was exactly the problem my skeet-shooting acquaintance ran into with his Stevens 311. Since this was the beginning of the move to non-toxic (originally steel) shot, few people hunted ducks with them, and hunting grouse with them was a forlorn hope. They had long barrels, tight chokes, and too much drop. Smiths were originally intended primarily as duck guns. The market for side-by-sides in the 1980s and ’90s consisted largely of upland-game hunters. Around the same time, Marlin tried to market a boxlock bearing the L.C. In the 1960s, Savage sold a “Fox” that was, in reality, just a spiffied-up Stevens 311. At various times, the famous names were attached to guns that bore little resemblance to the originals. It lasted only a couple of years, produced few guns, and disappeared in a thicket of unpaid bills.Īmerica’s original double-gun companies-Parker, Fox et al.-had all been swallowed up around the time of the Great Depression. The third attempt at reproduction, the Ithaca, was tried as a stand-alone company, with guns made in America. Fox is still in production, but likely would not be if he did not have a substantial company to back it up. 1902?), Baker Gun & Forging Co., Grade C boxlock (Mfg. 1888), Syracuse Arms Co., Syracuse, Grade AE (Mfg. From Left to Right: American Arms Co., A.E.
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