Any Savage Fox enthusiasts?

Boncrayon · July 31, 2010, 03:52 PM

I have kept my Savage FoxB side-by-side for almost 40 years. It's a 20 gauge with the two triggers. Taking it out of my soft case, it looks like the day I bought it. With a 26" barrel, it is a joy to take to the field for dove or quail or the woods for squirel. Since they are not in production these days...any other Fox enthusiests out there?

jmr40 · July 31, 2010, 04:32 PM

I spent the summer of 1973 mowing lawns @ $3 each to save up the money for my first gun. I paid around $125 for one of the Savage Fox 12 gauges. Quit working on the first dove hunt and was never right. Over the next 15 years I let several gunsmiths try to get it working right, but finally sold it cheap.

I'm glad you have had better luck.

Boncrayon · August 1, 2010, 07:56 PM

That's so unfortunate. Mine has continuously worked like a charm, cleaning it meticulously after each use. Never a glitch in operation and accuracy!

oneounceload · August 1, 2010, 08:03 PM

I have th BSE 20 gauge - used to use it for ducks when lead was legal. I find it a tad too heavy at 7+ pounds for dove and quail - I bought a new 20 SxS that is about a pound lighter. The beavertail to me on a SxS makes the gun too wide. It has had to be rebuilt. It's an OK gun, but not one I would buy again.

mtnman · August 1, 2010, 08:41 PM

My grandpa had a Savage Fox 20 gauge till someone stole it. It has always been my favorite gun.

jhog1 · August 2, 2010, 11:57 AM

I have a Savage Fox 12 gauge with satin chrome reciever I have yet to see another one like it. I bought it from the original owner in the 70's it was the start of my double gun addiction. It has killed many ducks, geese, pheasant and rabbit with zero problems.

xx78 · August 3, 2010, 05:14 PM

The first gun I ever bought was a Savage Fox BSE 20ga. The year was 1973 (I was 13 then). I still remember taking the gun out of the case every night just to look at it. I hunted with it every chance I got and killed many phesants, rabbits, squirrels, and doves with it. That shotgun never let me down. I still have it and would never sell it. I think I will take it out next month for a dove hunt.

Jim1776 · August 21, 2010, 09:53 PM

I got one for Christmas when I was 13. I loved that gun because it was my first gun that was all my own however it was a piece of junk. It would double, and no I didn't have a finger on each trigger. Then other times it just wouldn't fire. I took it to a gunsmith with no luck. The fit and finish was terrible to put it mildly.

Actually the Savage Fox was a Stevens double with different wood. It was in no way a real Fox. Savage just owned the name and used it on a way lesser product. Having owned a couple of real Fox doubles I can tell you there is absolutely no comparison.

Hammer1 · August 22, 2010, 10:09 AM

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The first shotgun that I bought myself was a 12 gauge Savage Fox Model B with double triggers.

It had factory 24-inch barrels, ventilate-rib, with IC/M chokes. Was promoted as a quail gun model.

Still have it.

Ever since taking it from the factory box, the gun was very stiff to open and close. Took it more than once to a gunsmith to fix and, though I paid for having it fixed, no one really improved its operation.

After 20+ years of ownership, took it to an 80-year-old gunsmith to have it thoroughly cleaned. As he was dismantling it, he reached for a file, took one stroke with it, then looked up at me and said, "Hope you didn't mind me removing that burr. That burr would have made it difficult to open or close."

He finished cleaning it, re-assembled it, and returned the gun to me. Has since opened and closed like the finest double guns ever made. The gunsmith charged me nothing for any of his work that day.

Would like to get a 16 gauge Savage Fox.

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BarkeyVA · August 22, 2010, 12:09 PM

I bought a 16 ga. Utica-Fox Sterlingworth made in 1939, a few months ago. It has 28" barrels but the chokes had been opened up to .006 and .012 (about IC and between Skeet II and Mod) However, it patterns more like IC and Mod. Hope to try it on pheasants this Fall.

mikeyg · September 10, 2010, 10:11 PM

I have a Savagefox 16 ga. I got many years ago.had it reblued & am currently re-checkering it. kicks like a rodeo bull but it is hell on ducks.I've killed birds I would'nt even shoot at w/any of my other guns. heavy & slow handling but also great on pheasant

gtrjames · September 10, 2010, 10:25 PM

My brother has a 12 ga Savage-Fox with single trigger that was made in the mid 60s...It shot well until one day in the dove field the second barrel failed to fire...the gunsmith said he'd seen it happen before with that particular model gun...some of them would also double...and some of them shoot perfect every time.

July 31, 2010, 03:52 PM	#1
Boncrayon Senior Member Join Date: March 24, 2008 Posts: 920	Any Savage Fox enthusiasts? I have kept my Savage FoxB side-by-side for almost 40 years. It's a 20 gauge with the two triggers. Taking it out of my soft case, it looks like the day I bought it. With a 26" barrel, it is a joy to take to the field for dove or quail or the woods for squirel. Since they are not in production these days...any other Fox enthusiests out there?

August 1, 2010, 07:56 PM	#3
Boncrayon Senior Member Join Date: March 24, 2008 Posts: 920	Any Savage Fox enthusiasts? That's so unfortunate. Mine has continuously worked like a charm, cleaning it meticulously after each use. Never a glitch in operation and accuracy!

August 21, 2010, 09:53 PM	#8
Jim1776 Junior Member Join Date: April 25, 2010 Posts: 10	Any Savage Fox enthusiasts? I got one for Christmas when I was 13. I loved that gun because it was my first gun that was all my own however it was a piece of junk. It would double, and no I didn't have a finger on each trigger. Then other times it just wouldn't fire. I took it to a gunsmith with no luck. The fit and finish was terrible to put it mildly. Actually the Savage Fox was a Stevens double with different wood. It was in no way a real Fox. Savage just owned the name and used it on a way lesser product. Having owned a couple of real Fox doubles I can tell you there is absolutely no comparison.

August 22, 2010, 10:09 AM	#9
Hammer1 Senior Member Join Date: July 17, 2004 Posts: 214	. The first shotgun that I bought myself was a 12 gauge Savage Fox Model B with double triggers. It had factory 24-inch barrels, ventilate-rib, with IC/M chokes. Was promoted as a quail gun model. Still have it. Ever since taking it from the factory box, the gun was very stiff to open and close. Took it more than once to a gunsmith to fix and, though I paid for having it fixed, no one really improved its operation. After 20+ years of ownership, took it to an 80-year-old gunsmith to have it thoroughly cleaned. As he was dismantling it, he reached for a file, took one stroke with it, then looked up at me and said, "Hope you didn't mind me removing that burr. That burr would have made it difficult to open or close." He finished cleaning it, re-assembled it, and returned the gun to me. Has since opened and closed like the finest double guns ever made. The gunsmith charged me nothing for any of his work that day. Would like to get a 16 gauge Savage Fox. . Last edited by Hammer1; August 22, 2010 at 10:16 AM.

September 10, 2010, 10:11 PM	#11
mikeyg Junior Member Join Date: June 7, 2010 Posts: 8	Savage-Fox 16 I have a Savagefox 16 ga. I got many years ago.had it reblued & am currently re-checkering it. kicks like a rodeo bull but it is hell on ducks.I've killed birds I would'nt even shoot at w/any of my other guns. heavy & slow handling but also great on pheasant

July 31, 2010, 04:32 PM	#2
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,805	I spent the summer of 1973 mowing lawns @ $3 each to save up the money for my first gun. I paid around $125 for one of the Savage Fox 12 gauges. Quit working on the first dove hunt and was never right. Over the next 15 years I let several gunsmiths try to get it working right, but finally sold it cheap. I'm glad you have had better luck.

August 1, 2010, 08:03 PM	#4
oneounceload Junior member Join Date: April 18, 2008 Location: N. Central Florida Posts: 8,518	I have th BSE 20 gauge - used to use it for ducks when lead was legal. I find it a tad too heavy at 7+ pounds for dove and quail - I bought a new 20 SxS that is about a pound lighter. The beavertail to me on a SxS makes the gun too wide. It has had to be rebuilt. It's an OK gun, but not one I would buy again.

August 1, 2010, 08:41 PM	#5
mtnman Senior Member Join Date: May 23, 2009 Location: WV Posts: 151	My grandpa had a Savage Fox 20 gauge till someone stole it. It has always been my favorite gun.

August 2, 2010, 11:57 AM	#6
jhog1 Senior Member Join Date: April 11, 2010 Location: Rensselaer Co NY Posts: 221	I have a Savage Fox 12 gauge with satin chrome reciever I have yet to see another one like it. I bought it from the original owner in the 70's it was the start of my double gun addiction. It has killed many ducks, geese, pheasant and rabbit with zero problems.

August 3, 2010, 05:14 PM	#7
xx78 Junior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 7	The first gun I ever bought was a Savage Fox BSE 20ga. The year was 1973 (I was 13 then). I still remember taking the gun out of the case every night just to look at it. I hunted with it every chance I got and killed many phesants, rabbits, squirrels, and doves with it. That shotgun never let me down. I still have it and would never sell it. I think I will take it out next month for a dove hunt.

August 22, 2010, 12:09 PM	#10
BarkeyVA Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2008 Location: Southeastern Virginia Posts: 123	I bought a 16 ga. Utica-Fox Sterlingworth made in 1939, a few months ago. It has 28" barrels but the chokes had been opened up to .006 and .012 (about IC and between Skeet II and Mod) However, it patterns more like IC and Mod. Hope to try it on pheasants this Fall.

September 10, 2010, 10:25 PM	#12
gtrjames Junior Member Join Date: September 10, 2010 Posts: 3	My brother has a 12 ga Savage-Fox with single trigger that was made in the mid 60s...It shot well until one day in the dove field the second barrel failed to fire...the gunsmith said he'd seen it happen before with that particular model gun...some of them would also double...and some of them shoot perfect every time.