"B" Grade Early Style 1st Gen. Engraving.
This is the earlest style B grade engraving from 1905, simple scroll and lines.
"B" Grade Early Style 2nd Gen. Engraving.
With the move of the A.H. Gox Gun Co. into the new factroy at North 18th Street they added some border lines around the Ansley H. Fox on the sides of the frame and a small bird by the sear pin on each side . These are probably the most common 12-gauge B/BE Grades.
"B" Grade Early Style 3rd Gen. Engraving.
The third-generation B-/BE-Grades were pictured in the 1913 "A Fox Gets the Game" catalog and seemingly came with the introduction of the smallbores. They replaced the little bird by the sear pin of the second generation with a flying bird or standing birds in an oval between the pins.
"B" Grade Late Style
The first two pictures are of a 1918 B Grade 12 gauge. It has a straight grip, 28-inch Krupp #4 weight barrels and weighs 6 pounds 13.2 ounces. It was shipped September 23, 1918, to M.S. Young & Co. The barrels have been re-blued, the checkering re-cut and the wood refinished. The third picture is of two other 12 gauge B Grade guns.The fourth picture is of the same two guns. The Full Pistol Grip gun is from 1917 and the Half Pistol Grip gun is a 1914.
