Need some specific info on 1928 vge 12ga sn 219528

[Don Strelioff]

Is my gun chambered for 2 3/4 " & what are the working chamber pressures

[Brian Dudley]

measure the chambers or have them measured and you tell us if it is 2-3/4" or not.

[Dean Romig]

If it is 2 9/16" or 2 5/8" or 2 3/4" it will take standard 2 3/4 shells.

Lighter loads however, will make your shoulder happier.




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[Richard White]

Serialization book lists your gun as a Trojan, not a VHE.

[Don Strelioff]

How did you come up with that evaulation please explain .? It's stamed Vulcan steel on the rib so how can it be Trojan

[Dean Romig]

Don, if someone sold you a Trojan and misrepresented it as a VHE you may have paid too much.
The serialization book has been wrong before...
To remove your forend, do you pry it off or do you release the latch?




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[Richard White]

Yes, the serialization book in many instances has been wrong. The serial # you gave is amid a run of 10 Trojans listed in the serialization book. If you could post a couple pics of your gun, that might solve it.

[Erick Dorr]

Hello Don,
I suggest you go to the PGCA Home Page by clicking the tab so labeled in the top left row above. You might want to open this in its own window.

Once there there is a column on the left side. Look for "Collector Information" and below that "Parker Grades". Click on Parker Grades and scroll down to "Parker Grade 0" and then click on "View Grade 0 hammerless pictures".

Next compare the frame of your gun to the gun pictured. Is the side profile the same?

Next look at the forend photos and is your forend release the same?

You may want to hit the back button from photos and scroll down to "Parker Trojan" and click on the "View Trojan Pictures". Now is the profile of the receiver more like the Trojan Profile or is it like the 0 grade profile? Notice the Trojan forends don't have a forend release because they snap on.

Check the watertable on the left side of the frame where the serial number is stamped. What is stamped above and/or below? If a 0 grade it could be stamped V or VH. It might be stamped OV in a diamond for a Trojan grade.

"VHE" I don't know your level of familiarity with shotguns but there are extractors and ejectors. A VHE means it has ejectors. Go to the home page and click on the "Parker FAQ" tab at the bottom. Look at question 21 for an explanation. Many a gun shop has advertised an extractor gun as an ejector gun.

Next look at Q 24 if you click on it you will see a photo of a watertable with a V stamp for the grade. Sometimes it is stamped VH or both V and VH.

Read over all these questions and look at the material available and bring any remaining questions back to the forum.

Your gun was made in 1926 and after 89 years many a gun has had its chambers altered for good or bad. Chamber sizes could be special ordered on most guns but Trojans.

Hope this helps.
Best Wishes
Erick

[Bill Murphy]

Is your gun actually 219,528??

[Don Strelioff]

Thanks for the interest the serial number is correct and yes it has the latch system on the forend and the engraving around the frame . Also the fellow I bought it from has many Parkers B grades and so on very knowledgable it is engraved around the forend latch . The gun has been beautifully restored it came out of a estate and the owner spent 3 k Canadian on the gun unlikely he would do that on a trojen I will try and do the pic thing

[Dean Romig]

Okay then - the book is incorrect.






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[Chuck Bishop]

The stock book confirms the Serialization Book. A clear picture of the barrel flats, receiver profile, and forend would help.

[Don Strelioff]

Thanks for all the info everyone I went through the id charts and this gun definetly is not a trojen . I double checked the sn and it is correct also definitely a latch on the Forend .as for me 59 yrs old have been wofking in the firearms industry since 1976 not a novice but that doesn't mean I know it all. New to parkers but I do own a April 53 model 21 12ga nice gun but since aquireing a few parkers it feels kind of chunky plus I don't shoot it well I do shoot parkes very well also I have z nice collection of model 12's my weakness since I was a boy . Just saying

[Don Strelioff]

Here is all the info off of the gun . Frame size on the bbl lug 1 1/2 , weight stamped on bbl 4 , grade stamped on water table vh below this stamp is the sn 219528 that's all