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Highcountry
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 6:36 pm  Reply with quote
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Can any of the Fox aficionados give me a little education on the different barrel weights for Foxes. I occasionally read where a Fox has a number 3 or number 4 weight barrels. Which is lighter/heavier? Were the different weights available in all lenghts? etc...

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jchandler
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 6:45 pm  Reply with quote
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weights go 1-heaviest
4 lightest
My 16 ga Sterlingworth has #3 weight 30inch tubes.

Markings are fairly lightly struck, and frequently not visible. I believe all four weights were available in all lengths. Jeff
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Highcountry
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:14 pm  Reply with quote
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Thanks Jeff Very Happy

I am looking at an out of state 16 ga Sterlingworth with #4 30" tubes. It should be a well balanced piece.

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fin2feather
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:49 pm  Reply with quote
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jchandler wrote:
weights go 1-heaviest
4 lightest
My 16 ga Sterlingworth has #3 weight 30inch tubes.

Markings are fairly lightly struck, and frequently not visible. I believe all four weights were available in all lengths. Jeff



Right, Jeff. McIntosh's book has a weight chart for for barrel #'s in 26, 28 & 30".

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Twice Barrel
PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2006 5:03 am  Reply with quote
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Barrel weight markings were used to match certain barrels by weight before they were assemled into a completed set. After the set was assembled it was struck ( filed for contoured and polished). Although it stands to reason that starting with a lighter blank would produce a lighter finised barrel there may be no relationship between the starting weight and the finished weight depending on the amount of metal removed in the finishing process.
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