Parker Trojan with Twist Barrels

[Lloyd Bernstein]

I just acquired a Trojan witrh Twist Barrels and have gladly added it to the collection

12ga, 13 7/8" lop, chambered for (I think) 2 5/8"? pistol grip and ribbed butt plat. I checked my copy of the TPS and found a small amount mentioned. Any further information or comments would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Lloyd

[Dave Suponski]

Lloyd, What great find! I had heard about these guns. How about some more pictures? Maybe a write up for Parker Pages? Our membership would just love to read about that great gun!

[Bruce Day]

Its possibly an Iver Johnson ordered gun. Get a research letter. Jim Hall owns one. An unusual item of Parker esoterica.

The X markings on the gun, I don't know what to make of that. You might contact him and ask. He had done some research on these guns and told me about them. I understand Iver Johnson ordered forty of them and sold them at their store, maybe they got them at close out prices, the books might tell. I don't know how many are known today.

[Dean Romig]

They are very rare and pretty desirable. Lucky you!!

[calvin humburg]

Pictures pictures pictures. Need to get back to my homework didn't even know there was that combo. out there. best ch Boy I pulled a brain fart this morning. 50 + gusts the other day must of blew out my pilot light thought it sounded like a lot of gas for a pilot light stuck one of thoes long lighter things into light the pilot well you know the rest good thing I got a good chimmeny that has massive draft or well could of been worst thanks God. just short a lot of hair no blisters well be having the heater guy over today.

[Bruce Day]

Glad you are not hurt, Calvin. High winds all the way from Texas through the northern plains.

[Richard Flanders]

Wow. What a find! Yes, pictures, lots of pictures. An album full. A #1 frame too. Nice!

[Lloyd Bernstein]

Thanks for the replies.

I will take some more photos this evening, mike the barrel thicknesses, confirm the chokes and send off for a PGCA letter.

Homework.....

Lloyd

PS: 30" barrels

[Bruce Day]

On 8/5/2010, I posted photos of Jim Hall's Twist barreled Trojan, and re-post them here now. I stopped by Jimmy's place in tidewater Virginia on my departure from the BSA Nat'l Jamboree at Ft A P Hill and got to see his wonderful collection and gun room.

Forty were made, on an Iver Johnson order.

As you can see it is also a 1 frame 12ga, with X stamps. His has a Miller single trigger. I don't know how many still exist today, perhaps Jim knows.

Bruce Day, Parker apprentice novice

[Brian Dudley]

An earlier gun with rib extention... Great find indeed!

[calvin humburg]

Homework..... reading The Parker Story. But most of the time I have to read I would rather be playing with Parkers.

[Bill Murphy]

LLoyd, the same order that included your gun also included several V Grade guns with ten gauge Damascus barrels. I have seen the Trojan Twist guns but have not seen one of the VH Damascus tens. The Trojans were $22 and the VH guns were $25. Iver Johnson was not only a preferred, volume customer, they helped Parker Brothers clean up their obsolete parts. Iver Johnson has bought Parker shotguns for as little as $19.

[Lloyd Bernstein]

This evening I sat down and measured the chokes to the gu and found a nice solid full and modified choking. Additionally the Hosford gauge showed a min wall thickness of the barrels to be 35 thou. (30" barrels)

All looks good. I filled in the forms and sent in for letters for the Tojan Twist barreled gun and a Parker P Grade, twist barrels, 16 ga, O frame (26" Barrels)
Will update when the PGCA letters arrive.

Lloyd

[Lloyd Bernstein]

PS:

The Parker 16 ga has a fishtail lever.

Lloyd

[Dean Romig]

just short a lot of hair no blisters well be having the heater guy over today.

"Pictures, pictures, pictures!" :eek:

[Dean Romig]

Lloyd, I think I am pretty jealous... :bowdown:

[Lloyd Bernstein]

Hi Dave

I have plenty of rst shells. I do like collecting, cleaning and playing with them.
I just can't wait to get out and shoot it.

Lloyd

[Drew Hause]

Just to avoid confusion, the guns were ordered by Iver Johnson Sporting Goods, successors to John. P. Lovell, Boston and not to be confused with Iver Johnson Arms