BTFE Trojan?
 

Yup, sure is! Page 529 of The Parker Story depicts the Trojan prototype skeet gun with a beavertail or "trap" forend. I have seen other references to the Trojan skeet gun as well as discussions on this forum concerning them as well. There were only a very small number of them produced and may not have been retailed at all.

Drew,
Can you please provide the year of this magazine?

thank you
Patrick

If I remember correctly one of the Trojan Skeet guns is on display at the Remington museum in Ilion NY. I do not recall if had a BTFE.

The Trojan Skeet in the Remington Museum does have a beavertail forearm. It is pictured in a late Remington Parker Parts Price List. The PGCA Research Team got to fondle the Trojan Skeet in 1998. I took lots of pictures. Patrick, the cover is of the February 1937 issue of Outdoor Life. William Harnden Foster took over as Outdoor Life's Skeet Editor in that issue. Odd that Foster did not paint the cover picture.

Bill, did Outdoor Life even have a monthly skeet column prior to Foster taking that position or did he solicit the editor in chief to promote skeet through a new column?

Don't know, Dean. WHF had two magazines of his own to promote skeet. My Outdoor Life collection is pretty meager. In other words, I can't put my hands on it right now. It was a surprise to find WHF in there. It was probably a short lived relationship.

Considering he left us in 1941 - I agree it was a short lived relationship.

I have that magazine so if someone has any questions on what's in it etc just let me know and I will check.