First year Trojans vs later year Trojans

[King Cobb]

I believe Brian is referring to James P Hayes efforts to reduce cost by reducing 18 different parts to 4 and redesigning the forend. TPS has it on page 133.

[B. Dudley]

The $25 gun project is described in TPS. The 18 parts to 4 rework was part of that project and a Prototype gun was a result of that (which I now own).

None of those radical design changes in the project were actually implemented into production.

[Rick Riddell]

Thanks guys!

[Dean Romig]

Parker Bros. realized they were losing market share to the Fox Sterlingworth and needed to come up with an inexpensive competitor so the Trojan was born. Even so, Parker Bros., not to jump too hastily into anything, took a couple of years to begin production on the Trojan.





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[BRDHNTR]

Tom, Flanigan, I agree with all the points you made above. I've owned a sterlingworth and parker trojan. The Trojan in my opinion is by far the better gun and of all my Parkers it's my favorite to take into the field.

[J. A. EARLY]

Brian,

So in theory, should a set of 16 gauge Trojan Barrels that I remove the rib extension from fit onto a 16 gauge later Trojan without the rib extension cut into the frame with the usual fitting required, which may or may not work?

I hate to cut the extension off the orphaned barrels only to find that there is a difference in earlier and later guns.

[B. Dudley]

Yes

[Bill Murphy]

I would love to fit a set of extra barrels to a pigeon gun (with no extension rib) but cutting the dolls head off a set of barrels involves hoping for the best on the final fit.

[David Noble]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

The $25 gun project is described in TPS. The 18 parts to 4 rework was part of that project and a Prototype gun was a result of that (which I now own).

None of those radical design changes in the project were actually implemented into production.

Brian, does the prototype Trojan you own have the 18 parts to 4 feature, or was that dropped early on, before the prototype was made?
If it does, have you ever posted pictures of the internals? Would love to see how they did it.

[B. Dudley]

I would direct you to my summer 2013 DGJ article on the topic for all of the details.

Those changes were never put into production. Only two guns have it. The one I own and the one in the Remington Museum.