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i agree.....charlie
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I shoot 7/8 oz standard loads at 1200 FPS out of my Trojan 20. It shoots very nicely with them.
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A 1922 vintage Parker Bros. Trojan 20-gauge most assuredly left Meriden with 2 3/8 inch chambers intended for 2 1/2 inch shells. Hard to say what may or may not have been done to it over the past 97 years though. Good to have it checked out by a competent double gun smith with the proper tools. The heaviest loads most of our North American ammunition manufacturers offered in the 2 1/2 inch 20-gauge case was 2 1/4 drams of bulk smokeless powder, or 18 grains of dense smokeless powder such as Infallible or Ballistite, pushing 7/8 ounce of shot --
Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co. ARROW 20-gauge.jpg but lighter loads were quite commonly used -- Nitro Club 20-gauge 01.jpg In 1922, Western Cartridge Co. introduced the heavier, high velocity, 1 ounce, 20-gauge load, using progressive burning smokeless powder, which they called Super-X, and it was put up in their 2 3/4 inch FIELD shell. Early Super-X 20-gauge box, Super Excellant.jpg While most of our ammunition manufacturers followed suit and put their progressive burning powder, high velocity, 1 ounce 20-gauge shells up in a 2 3/4 inch case, Winchester with a boatload of their 20-gauge Model 12s out there, made for 2 1/2 inch shells, managed to stuff the 1 ounce high velocity load in a 2 1/2 inch case. Super-Speed 2 1-2 inch 20-gauge.jpg but also offered it in a 2 3/4 inch case -- Super-Speed 2 3-4 inch 20-gauge.jpg |
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01-24-2019, 06:56 PM | #17 | ||||||
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fine looking shell boxes these are always great to look at and compare....charlie
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Dave, I learn something every time you post. Thanks, friend!
Dave
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This is the 20 gauge Trojan my father found under the Christmas Tree. My fathers first grandson is holding it and will inherit the gun at some point. It is still my favorite as I have been shooting it for about 60 years. I prefer 7/8 oz of 7 1/2 shot at 1180 fps or below. It is death itself on birds and was Papa's go to gun for everything until after WWII.
The picture is upside down and it must be because of the precession of the axis. |
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