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Ron Thompson
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Posted: Wed Apr 22nd, 2009 02:03 pm |
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Does anyone have good disassembly and reassembly instructions and a schematic of the Parker Trojan or a recommended source? The Gun Digest Book has some "holes" in their instructions as it is not for the Trojan and the NRA book is too abbreviated.
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Pat Dugan
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Posted: Thu Apr 23rd, 2009 01:30 am |
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The april 17th 2008 post about STOCK REMOVAL will get you started. BE real, real careful not to drop a little part or spring.
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Posted: Thu Apr 23rd, 2009 03:16 am |
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This may be helpful
../view_topic.php?id=6114&forum_id=1&highlight=schematic
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Posted: Thu Apr 23rd, 2009 11:42 am |
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Pat,
I found that post and have saved it.
Thank You
Jack,
I checked your reference. I have the 1993 publication of the NRA Disassembly/Assembly book. It has the same schematic and a newer version Parker photo. The sears are still facing the wrong way so I was concerned that there may be other mistakes. As Pat pointed out I had some small parts fall out as I removed another part. I have the "standard" Brownells screw driver set. I can see that I need the "thin" set courtesy of the write up you referenced.
Thanks for your help. Seems like a nice bunch on this forum.
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Posted: Thu Apr 23rd, 2009 04:18 pm |
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Ron,Ya we're ok...
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Posted: Thu Apr 23rd, 2009 04:53 pm |
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If you lose a little part called the "PARKER POKER" it is a real loss because I have never seen one for sale. Part 41 42 43.
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Ron Thompson
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Posted: Thu Apr 23rd, 2009 10:53 pm |
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| I have that little bugger. It fell out when I removed the trigger plate. However the Gun Digest Disassembly Book warned about this so I was prepared. I am one of those guys that reads the entire manual before starting. Then I read each step and check the photo before I do that step. The Gun Digest Books have photos of each step. That helps a gun bumbler like me.
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Posted: Fri Apr 24th, 2009 02:04 am |
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A man who reads the directions? - not possible - unless your name is Ronalda? 
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Ron Thompson
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Posted: Fri Apr 24th, 2009 11:33 am |
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| I do get a little nervous when I realize the part I might lose was last made in 1934. I think it's called old enough to have learned the hard way. Definition of experience is knowing that you just made the same dumb mistake again. At age 69 I have experience. (Can still climb the mountains of Western North Carolina looking for grouse though.)
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Posted: Fri Apr 24th, 2009 01:57 pm |
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Ron Thompson wrote: (Can still climb the mountains of Western North Carolina looking for grouse though.) No mistake there. May this year's added experience include your re-furbished Trojan complete with all its old parts functioning smoothly and a double on the grouse. Cheers,
Jack
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Posted: Fri Apr 24th, 2009 11:46 pm |
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| Thank you Jack. I can not believe how this gun comes to shoulder and face. She is heavy enough to swing and light enough to carry. A double flush of grouse is very rare here, let alone the accomplishment of taking the double. The Trojan will do it's part. If we get the chance we will see if the old guy behind the Trojan can do his part. I can't wait to get her back together. Unfortunately, I had to order wood grain filler through the internet so I am at idle right now. Last edited on Fri Apr 24th, 2009 11:52 pm by Ron Thompson
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Posted: Sat Apr 25th, 2009 12:36 am |
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Ron: A rarity most everywhere I'm sure and and an even rarer event to take them both. So 'tis a good wish from one old hunter to another.
Best I've done is two roosters but they weren't exactly a double flush - about a second apart from the same spot. The gun only dropped off my shoulder slightly and then back on for the second bird. That was about 30 years ago. Lots of roosters since but that flush still stands out. If I were an artist, I would do a painting of my most memorable single flush, also about 3 decades ago and about a mile from the "double". That day, there was heavy new snow. I was walking along the crest of a steep creek bank. Suddenly, a couple hens jumped from the weeds and about 20 yards ahead of me, a rooster blasted out from under the snow cover, sending a shower of sparkling snow, looking like a million diamonds in that bright sun lit snow covered world. The VH ensured a nice dinner would follow. The sight was absolutely amazing.
Take care and enjoy as many days afield as you can.
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Posted: Sat Apr 25th, 2009 12:00 pm |
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| Thanks Jack and the best season of your life to you. In the seventies, I made my annual expedition to New Brunswick, Canada for the first week of grouse and it would be the second or third week of woodcock season. We always went to Wishart Point to a B&B type setup run by Myles and Lorraine Wishart. I would always take a friend. The friend would pay his own way as I was not rich. I had Brittany Spaniels then. We would hunt woodcock coverts in the morning and grouse coverts in the afternoon. Lunch would be along a stream with tea boiled from stream water. Lunch would be sandwiches and brownies packed by the ladies in the kitchen with an extra brownie for each dog. My dad who was also not a rich man, loved hunting and fishing so one year when I had a bit of extra money, I took my dad as an early Christmas present. That year another friend who is now a doctor but then was serving his residency went along. The first mornning I had my 18 month old pup Buck out first. We hit a flight of woodcock and Buck locked up on point. I sent my dad in, the bird flushed, my dad took the bird. Buck broke for the retrieve and locked up on a second bird. I sent my friend Joe in, the bird flushed and Joe took the bird. Buck broke to retrieve and locked up on a third bird. I sent my dad in and again the bird was taken and Buck broke to retrieve. He again locked on point and Joe was sent in to take that bird. Again an attempted retrieve only to lock up an a fifth bird. My dad took that one and Buck broke to retrieve. He did not scent any more birds and got to the first bird shot and retrieved it to me. I sent him out and he found and retrieved the second bird, then the third, the fourth and fifth. Now he brought them back in order of when it was shot simply because the first bird was the one nearest to us and the second next nearest and so on. The guide said to me that he had never seen a dog actually count and keep track of the sequence of shots. I tried to explain that the dog simply found the bird that was nearest us and then the next nearest and so on. Joe said to let it go and let the dog be a hero. That night around the bar, the dog became a living legend. For all I know they may still be telling that story.
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Posted: Sat Apr 25th, 2009 12:20 pm |
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| Ron,Thank You for that great story.I enjoyed reading it with my morning coffee!
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Posted: Sat Apr 25th, 2009 12:54 pm |
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Dave,
Thanks for the reply. There are few things in life more pleasurable to me than sharing true (and sometimes not so true) hunting stories with people of like mind.
This one happens to be true and a treasured memory.
Ron
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Posted: Sat Apr 25th, 2009 01:13 pm |
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| Ron,Your story brought back some great memorys for me also.New Brunswick is a great place to bird hunt.I have not been there in years but I hope it is as good as it used to be.
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Posted: Sat Apr 25th, 2009 09:35 pm |
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| I haven't been there in 20 plus years but the memories are as yesterday,
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