12 ga 28 inch Trojan
 

Picked up this beauty this week.

Parker Trojan 200578, 12 bore, 28" uncut barrels. 14 1/4" LOP, 1 7/8" DAC, 2 3/4" DAH.

It has some nice case colors left on it, though it doesn't show up as well in my photos as it does in person.

The wood has a few nicks but nothing obnoxious. Barrels are good and bluing while not perfect is still nice.

It is a 28 inch 12 ga trojan which seem to me at least to be a bit rarer then the 30 inch variety.

In addition to being a nice gun, this Trojan somewhat represents progression for me in regards to my parker collecting.

A while back I had more or less gotten into buying quality or as more tenured parker collectors would say "buy the best condition parker you can afford." I have adopted this philosophy for the most part, except for buying Trojans. A cheap poor condition functional Trojan has always been hard to turn down. Cheap in this case being 600 bucks or less. I have bought and subsequently sold 6 such trojans. I do regret selling one of them, but other then that, after buying them I quickly grew to dislike their pitted actions or heavily sanded stocks or cut barrels and so off they went. I believe this Trojan is progress, it wasn't a cheapo special like the other ones and I recently even passed on such a trojan because it had loose barrels. Yes...Progress indeed.

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Pretty good looking

Now THAT’S a keeper for sure!






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Nice gun with a lot of condition.

You got a good buy!

Best to not always tell what you paid... protect your investment.

Thanks Brain, but I didn't say what I paid for this one, only that it wasn't a cheap one like the previous trojans I have accumulated.

Very nice Trojan Bill, but as I have always believed you did'nt pay too much you just paid too early. Can't see you losing on that one.

Dang Bill, thats a good one!

Nice Trojan for sure. I am not trying to nit pick your gun but am trying to refine my eye for originality. I thought, perhaps erroneously, that there should be no checkering border to the rear of the pistol grip. Yet, this one certainly appears to be bordered everywhere. Perhaps Brian can explain further.

I have observed that most are bordered, and some even have the backside “cut-away”. Do you mean that the checkering at the back of the pistol grip shouldnt have the mullered border? I have three Trojans, all have a “border” on the butt side of the pistol grip.

Someone on the forum a while back indicated that a mullered border on that rear line is an indication of a restock. So, I have been using that as a quick guide to originality. That wisdom is now questionable although I have a V and P that lack the mullered border on that rear line and I believe them both to be original. So, now I am confused. As often is the case I learn how little I know.