Savage Fox Model B vs 311

AL45 · December 11, 2018, 12:24 AM

Is the stock and the splinter style forearm interchangeable between the Fox model B and the 311?

Ricklin · December 11, 2018, 06:24 AM

I am going to say yes, I have owned both, but not at the same time.

The 311 was made for a LOT of years. The Fox Model B, not nearly as many.

The Fox Model B was just a gussied up 311, if the guns are about the same vintage I would say yes, interchangeable.

jmr40 · December 11, 2018, 07:22 AM

If it is a standard model B I'd think so. If it is a B-SE the forend might be different. The B-SE had ejectors instead of extractors and there might be enough difference to matter. Might not. I've had both the 311 and a B-SE in the past, but it has been years so I'm hesitant to say for sure.

Virginian · December 12, 2018, 09:49 AM

I believe the 311 fore end attached with a screw. I don't know about all, but I do knowat least some Model Bs attached with a latch.

AL45 · December 12, 2018, 09:05 PM

Mine is a splinter style that attaches with spring tension.

Hawg · December 13, 2018, 02:49 AM

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I believe the 311 fore end attached with a screw. I don't know about all, but I do knowat least some Model Bs attached with a latch.

The 311 H model doesn't have a screw. There are minor differences between the different letter suffixes.

Ricklin · December 13, 2018, 10:34 AM

The old 311's are everywhere, I call them the workingman's double. Many minor variations over the years.

I remember lusting for a Fox model B as a teenager i had one of those big guns annual edition softcover books, I just fell in love with the Fox model B.

Years later I finally put my hands on a Fox model B and I learned that I had not fallen in love with the Fox model B.
I had fallen in love with a picture and the breathless advertising copy of a Fox model B.

The Fox model B MAY have been why the term Lipstick on a pig was coined.

It's a gussied up 311, and not well gussied up either. It's not a bad gun, that said it really has no business wearing the Fox name.

December 11, 2018, 12:24 AM	#1
AL45 Senior Member Join Date: December 12, 2012 Posts: 754	Savage Fox Model B vs 311 Is the stock and the splinter style forearm interchangeable between the Fox model B and the 311?

December 11, 2018, 06:24 AM	#2
Ricklin Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2008 Location: SW Washington state Posts: 2,011	Try it I am going to say yes, I have owned both, but not at the same time. The 311 was made for a LOT of years. The Fox Model B, not nearly as many. The Fox Model B was just a gussied up 311, if the guns are about the same vintage I would say yes, interchangeable. __________________ ricklin Freedom is not free

December 11, 2018, 07:22 AM	#3
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,805	If it is a standard model B I'd think so. If it is a B-SE the forend might be different. The B-SE had ejectors instead of extractors and there might be enough difference to matter. Might not. I've had both the 311 and a B-SE in the past, but it has been years so I'm hesitant to say for sure. __________________ "If you're still doing things the same way you were doing them 10 years ago, you're doing it wrong" Winston Churchill

December 12, 2018, 09:49 AM	#4
Virginian Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2012 Location: Williamsburg, Va. Posts: 1,528	I believe the 311 fore end attached with a screw. I don't know about all, but I do knowat least some Model Bs attached with a latch. __________________ What could have happened... did.

December 13, 2018, 10:34 AM	#7
Ricklin Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2008 Location: SW Washington state Posts: 2,011	Lots of them The old 311's are everywhere, I call them the workingman's double. Many minor variations over the years. I remember lusting for a Fox model B as a teenager i had one of those big guns annual edition softcover books, I just fell in love with the Fox model B. Years later I finally put my hands on a Fox model B and I learned that I had not fallen in love with the Fox model B. I had fallen in love with a picture and the breathless advertising copy of a Fox model B. The Fox model B MAY have been why the term Lipstick on a pig was coined. It's a gussied up 311, and not well gussied up either. It's not a bad gun, that said it really has no business wearing the Fox name. __________________ ricklin Freedom is not free

December 12, 2018, 09:05 PM	#5
AL45 Senior Member Join Date: December 12, 2012 Posts: 754	Mine is a splinter style that attaches with spring tension.