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John Dallas
08-18-2016, 09:55 AM
Seems to be a lot of confusion over what is a Trojan

http://sportingclassicsdaily.com/gun-shop/

Rick Losey
08-18-2016, 10:06 AM
nice wood on a VH

i have done the same sort of thing in a gun shop- try to be honest - told by the owner he knows more than me, walk out with a deal and a clear conscience

Bill Holcombe
08-18-2016, 12:18 PM
I had read it before. It is a good story. All except the part about possibly lengthening the chambers for turkey hunting, but it's still a good read!

George M. Purtill
08-18-2016, 02:08 PM
Too funny

CraigThompson
08-18-2016, 02:18 PM
I'd read that somewhere before as well . I actually think with all the dust on it I would have made him an offer since it was such a "beater" gun !

Alfred Houde
08-18-2016, 04:26 PM
A few years back I was in a small gun shop. There was a standard 16 gauge Auto-5 in the rack. It was nice with a 28" barrel and the old French Red finish. I asked the dealer if the price on the tag was a mistake. He told me no because it wasn't a "Sweet Sixteen," and nobody wanted 16's anyway. I made him an offer and he took it because it had been "on the rack too long." Other than the friction ring installed backwards it was near new.

Phil Yearout
08-19-2016, 11:57 AM
I read that story somewhere; maybe in the mag. Mine usually run the other direction: some guy with a beat up field grade something or other (or worse) who thinks he's got a prize :banghead:.

greg conomos
08-19-2016, 12:51 PM
Well.....I get hung up on numbers, perhaps, but a worn and beat up VH is not gonna bring 4 or 5 times the price of a worn and beat up Trojan. I also gotta wonder why it took reading the 'Vulcan' on top of the rib to notice it was not a Trojan....I'd think you'd notice the frame sculpting difference long before.

Oh well.