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Lee Lapin · January 8, 2009, 03:27 PM

TR,

It's an American made boxlock SXS in the same family with the Fox Model B, Sears 400, 101.7, 5100, Stevens 530, 311, 511, 5100, etc. in various grades with fancier or lesser wood, some walnut, some birch, some Tenite (an early plastic that tends to get brittle). In other words, the quintessential working man's double barrel for most of the 1900s.

For $150 in good working order I'd grab it... I'd guess a 511 would have walnut furnuture under the tape.

hth,

lpl

January 8, 2009, 03:27 PM	#7
Lee Lapin Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2004 Location: SE NC Posts: 1,239	TR, It's an American made boxlock SXS in the same family with the Fox Model B, Sears 400, 101.7, 5100, Stevens 530, 311, 511, 5100, etc. in various grades with fancier or lesser wood, some walnut, some birch, some Tenite (an early plastic that tends to get brittle). In other words, the quintessential working man's double barrel for most of the 1900s. For $150 in good working order I'd grab it... I'd guess a 511 would have walnut furnuture under the tape. hth, lpl