Trojan VS. VH

[Researcher]

The Trojan was only a double trigger, plain extractor gun, with no choice of grip style, only offered in three gauges and a very limited selection of barrel lengths. A handful of very late Trojans left Ilion with Parker single selective triggers. The VH-/VHE-Grade was a Parker in every sense of the word. They could be had in all gauges from 10-gauge to .410-bore, all barrel lengths, came on a variety of frame sizes, and could be had with any or all the options Parker Bros. offered, ejectors, single selective trigger, beavertail forearm, vent rib, choice of grip style, on and on.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

The Trojan was only a double trigger, plain extractor gun, with no choice of grip style, only offered in three gauges and a very limited selection of barrel lengths. A handful of very late Trojans left Ilion with Parker single selective triggers. The VH-/VHE-Grade was a Parker in every sense of the word. They could be had in all gauges from 10-gauge to .410-bore, all barrel lengths, came on a variety of frame sizes, and could be had with any or all the options Parker Bros. offered, ejectors, single selective trigger, beavertail forearm, vent rib, choice of grip style, on and on.

A Trojan is still a Parker, with the Parker quality in it's construction, most notably the regulated barrels and fantastic Parker chokes. My first Parker was a Trojan, I still have it, still shoot it on occasion and don't think I would ever sell it. They didn't come with all the bells and whistles of the graded guns, they are not collectible in the monetary aspect of collecting Parkers, unless near new or unfired but there is still much to be proud of in a Trojan. They are good shooters that even after 100 years seldom let one down and they are far more satisfying to me than a Browning, Ithaca SKB and the like. It was an entry level gun new and still is today, no reason not to own one along with as many other Parker's one can afford.