A.H. Fox: "The Finest Gun in the World" by Michael McIntosh
By Michael McIntosh
Ansley H. Fox was once an inventor, a certified live-pigeon shooter, entrepreneur, real-estate developer, and producer of every thing from autos and vehicle elements to computing device weapons and munitions. yet he's top remembered as a gunmaker who created an American vintage and named it "The best Gun within the World."
In this, the definitive ebook on Fox, shotgunners of each curiosity, from poultry hunter to complicated collector, will enjoy the perception, the technical services, the amazing breadth and intensity of study, and the masterfully crafted prose that's the McIntosh trademark.
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