Found a Parker Trojan for $1000, is it worth the price?

[Bill Holcombe]

Found me a Trojan, I have been looking for a Parker for a while and found one here in Houston for $1000. Asking price may be a little high, but the place I will be getting it from has a good rep for the guns they sell and go to all the trouble of inspecting the condition and making sure it is safe to shoot before selling. So piece of mind is worth something. anyway here are the pics and the info:


"Parker Brothers Trojan 12 gauge shotgun. Nice hunting gun manufactured in 1921. Barrels are 28” choked modified and full. Black butt plate has small nick at toe. Has original wood and factory checkering. Bore is bright. Gun is in very good condition. Still has some case color on receiver. Has Trojan steel marks on barrel. LOP is 14”. Action and lock up are fine."

Is the description they emailed me and here are the pics.

[Bill Holcombe]

Here are the rest of the pics. It was made in 1921 and doesn't have the extended rib, but to my inexperienced eye it looks good. Gonna go check it out soon.

[Brian Dudley]

The gun looks to be in un molested conditon. Barrels are not cut, stock finish is original and there is a good amount of case color remaining. Good screws too. If bores are also good, I say its a good buy at the money.

[Bill Holcombe]

He has another parker he also emailed me at lunch today, though for the life of me I can't figure out why it is $500 more.

Parker Brothers Trojan 12 gauge caliber shotgun. Double barrel Field gun with 30” barrels. The barrels have some small spots of pitting near the muzzle. Overall very good condition with tight action and excellent bores. A nice looking American made double shotgun.

[Brian Dudley]

They look about equal by way of frame finish. The first one looks to have nicer barrels.

[Dean Romig]

Th first one would be 'money well spent' at twice that price. That is a very lucky find if you were looking for a twelve gauge Parker.

If you have been looking for a smaller bore Parker and are just settling on this one... maybe not so well spent - but that Trojan will do everything you want it to do.

[charlie cleveland]

i agree with brian and dean a good looking gun well worth the asking price..its a mighty nice gun it will last you 2 life times and then some if taken care of....charlie

[Brian Dudley]

But the first and offer $700 on the second. :)

[Pat Dugan]

If this is your first Parker buy it quick and forget it if you love 12 gauge,
but like Dean said if you favor small gauges you might use this later as good trading material, its worth the $1000, the other one pass

[Bill Holcombe]

12 gauge is definitely what I want. Trojan is what I can afford and I think I will be plenty happy with it. The only 20 I own is my dad's 65 A5.

[William Davis]

30 barrels will bring more than 28. Rest of the difference probably condition

Bill

[George Lander]

You did good on the first one but I'd pass on the second unless he cuts his asking price in half. JMHO

Best Regards, George

[Bill Holcombe]

Well it looks like someone beat me to it before I could get up there. Oh well back to hunting.

[Bill Holcombe]

Well as usual things seem to work out, I was in Houston and decided to swing by Collector's Firearms(thats the shop) anyway. They didn't have the Trojan they had emailed me about earlier, they did still have the $1500 trojan, as well as a lot of other high grade Parkers, but what they did have that was not listed on their website was in fact a 32" barrel VH Parker for $1150. It seemed to be in good shape and all original, so I traded them my old 8mm Czech Mauser and paid the difference and am now in possession of a 12 gauge VH. I will post pics and description in another thread, but thanks to whomever bought the trojan that was $1000, because I am happy with the VH.

[Rick Losey]

a 32" VH :corn:

I assume a 12 ga - what's the frame size?

sounds like a nice discovery

[Bill Holcombe]

If I understand my markings correctly it is a 1 1/2 frame.

Pics coming soon in the new post.