Parker identification

[Bruce Day]

No doubt about it. No doubt at all. Even better when you start looking around at the lower priced Turkish and other foreign guns. A guy who wants a knock about gun that will last and be a great handling and trouble free gun should always consider a Trojan, and that's how Parker sold them. The Remington cost accountants later said that Parker Bros put so much effort in each one that they lost money on every Trojan. It was a great value then and an even greater value today. You just have to be content with no engraving.

If I were a young man today and had limited money to spend on a gun, and wanted an upland gun that I could use for the next 40-50 years and not worry too much about while busting briars and rocks, I'd be looking for a 20ga or 16ga Trojan.


Here is a 16ga that a buddy and I placed with a young hunter a year ago. He's already had it from Minnesota to Montana pheasant hunting with the Benelli and Beretta crowd, and attracting attention and killing birds. It has a few flaws, we called the burn marks "character". Another friend did a high quality re-blue and de-dent job, I disassembled and cleaned it the action, and spent time cleaning out the checkering and did a finish topcoat. Couldn't do much about the stove burns. A couple evenings and not a bad looking gun.