Parker Trojan Model

[Researcher]

When the When the A.H. Fox Gun Co.’s Sterlingworth came out in 1910 it had a net selling price of $25. The price stayed at $25 into 1916, then climbed quickly to $55 by 1919. War time inflation. A.H. Fox Gun Co. reduced the price to $48 in 1922 and again to $36.50 in 1926. Workmanship of course declined. Parker Bros. introduced their Trojan Grade at $25.50 in 1912, but jumped to $27.50 for 1913. The Trojan’s price climbed like the Sterlingworth to $55. Parker Bros. kept the price and the quality of the Trojan high and sold about 33000 total. Fox began cutting the price of the Sterlingworth and sold well over 100000.

Fox offered a greater selection of barrel lengths on the Sterlingworth and the extra cost options of ejectors, twin ivory sights, a recoil pad, from 1914 onwards a Fox-Kautzky Single Selective Trigger, and from 1936 onwards a beavertail forearm.

Twenty-five dollars was the price point a lot of the companies seemed to shoot for. Hunter Arms Co., 00-Grade L.C. Smith had a net price of $25. Remington Arms Co.'s K-grade had a net price of $25 until they saw the light and moved forward with their John M. Browning designed Remington Autoloading Shotgun and their John D. Pedersen designed Remington Repeating Shotgun. Lefever Arms Co.'s Durston Special had a net price of $25.