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As promised.
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05-11-2014, 01:36 AM | #4 | ||||||
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That is a very nice Trojan! Congrats!
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05-11-2014, 09:57 AM | #5 | ||||||
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boy is your dad gonna be proud of this one.....really nice gun not many in this good of shape..i hope your dad gets to wear some of the blueing off this gun...charlie
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05-11-2014, 11:29 AM | #6 | ||||||
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There you go! Great find!
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05-11-2014, 12:51 PM | #7 | ||||||
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That is a great gun. It is one of those two thousand dollar hardware store guns. I just took another look. It may be a three thousand dollar hardware store guns.
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I may have its "brother"
I previously posted about the 12 gauge Trojan I bought from a private party for $500 cash money- sn 211440- almost identical to Mr. Goddard's Trojan 12- Mine has 28" barrels choked F&F-- But Mr. Murphy's comments have me intrigued. What is a hardware store gun? Is an 1926 series Trojan unaltered really worth 2K to possibly 3K in today's market.
Other questions as well. I passed on the VH 12 30" with the Briley tubes priced at $750, from the same private party- as I was told that altering an original and unmolested Parker is not a wise thing to do. How much of the value will I forfeit if I have the chokes opened on this nice handling Trojan- it has beautiful "between the hands" balance--What are the other options as to opening the patterns, which are "fist-tight" with field loads of No 6 and No 7.5 lead shot??
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Think about shooting spreader loads rather than altering the chokes. It might just give you what you are looking; best of both worlds. If not, then do what you think best.
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The Trojan was certainly a "Hardware Store" gun in its time. Parker Brothers sold large quantities of them for as little as $19 to retail stores. As far as the value of high condition Trojans, many PGCA members remember Ed Muderlak's boxed 12 gauge Trojan which he sold for an outrageous price of around $4000 and soon afterward brought over ten grand at auction. We don't mess with the barrels on a high condition Trojan.
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