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09-12-2017, 11:18 AM | #3 | ||||||
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I was having trouble because the tall birds were "blotted out" by the barrels which I think made me stop my swing. Not being able to see the bird makes it difficult.
I was trying to cheat by turning my head and gun a bit, which of course always results in a miss. Only solution is more practice... |
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09-12-2017, 11:42 AM | #4 | ||||||
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What's with the wood on that Trojan? I looks like a block of English Walnut. I would like to see it with the finish stripped and a coat of oil rubbed in.
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09-12-2017, 12:53 PM | #5 | ||||||
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Trojans of Meriden manufacture had straight grain American Black Walnut. Some looked better than others.
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09-12-2017, 01:23 PM | #6 | ||||||
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I don't know too much about the stock other than it appears to be pretty much standard and uncut (14" LOP according to Kirk Merrington).
I bought this Trojan off of Gun Broker last month from a guy who was doing consignments from an estate in up state New York. I will definitely consider having the stock cleaned up. She definitely has a few battle scars on the wood. Kirk thinks that the barrels may have been reblued. I ordered a letter but it didn't provide a whole lot of info. |
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09-13-2017, 06:48 AM | #7 | ||||||
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09-14-2017, 08:38 AM | #8 | ||||||
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Oh, darn.
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09-20-2017, 11:29 PM | #9 | ||||||
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Scott:
My father's 1929-issue Trojan shares many features with your gun: 12 gauge; #2-frame; 30 inch barrels; IM/F. However, the stock and fore-end were pronounced by one dealer in vintage firearms be an early replacement. I need to have some good photos taken of the gun, post some pictures, and ask if the wood is likely a replacement; and if so, could the job possibly have been done in the factory. It is more interesting wood than is on his 16 or 12 gauge VH guns -- maybe I'm just seeing those beguiling growth rings. Of his four Parkers, which included a 12 gauge 1 1/2-frame DHE, his preferred gun to hunt and shoot targets with was the Trojan that is so much like yours. |
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