1928 Trojan

[Dean Romig]

Those relief cuts look recent.





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[Harry Schlott]

yes, The barrels say trojan steel. when I stripped it down to clean, all the numbers match.
I was wondering though, did Parker stamp the serial number on the barrel flats for the trojan?

[Dean Romig]

Remington Arms did in Ilion when they were producing Parkers.





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[edgarspencer]

This area just doesn't look 'right'.
Is the sn present on the side of the barrel lug? And, is it the same as the resst of the gun?

[Harry Schlott]

Hi Edgar,
The sn is on the flat of the barrels not the lug. There are a couple of things with this parker that I've been scratching my head over.
Thanks for your input.

[Harry Schlott]

With closer inspection, I've found that for some reason , someone decided to grind off the serial numbers off the side of the lug and restamp the barrel flats.
They also ground off the serial number off the water table and restamp the current number. so this Trojan is obviously a frankenparker.

Funny thing is , when I stripped it down to clean it, all the inside parts all have the current serial number as well the stock under the trigger guard.

[Dean Romig]

With serial numbers ground off or by any other method removed, it is an illegal firearm.





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[edgarspencer]

I agree with Dean. I'd return it to the auction company.

[Harry Schlott]

There is a serial number on the shotgun, It's just it's not where it should be and where it should be, it is clearly ground down, Same is true with the barrel lug.
The number is on the barrel flat , not the lug. Where it should be on the lug, it's ground down.

[J. A. EARLY]

Does the forearm number match? If it does my guess is that a set of donor barrels were mated to a replacement receiver that used the stock and we don't know about the internal parts, but that would seem like a lot of trouble. If that forearm number was ground off also, then there is something rotten in Denmark.

It is not illegal to move a serial number from one place to another as long as one uses the same serial number. But replacing one shows something is up, as in being stolen previously. But they must have used the stock serial number as the basis for the new numbers. I thought something was fishy with the cut off barrel extension. Calling Sherlock Holmes.