Parker Trojan with Twist Barrels
 

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

PS:

The Parker 16 ga has a fishtail lever.

Lloyd

"Pictures, pictures, pictures!" :eek:

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

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

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