Parker Trogan
 

I've been looking at a Parker Trogan at the LGS the last few days. I don't really know enough about them to ask an intelligent question, so I'll tell what I do know.

The S/N is 205xxx. 28" barrels (uncut), twin triggers, extractors, Hard rubber butt plate. It has been refinished. No dolls head, but lockup seems tight. It looks like an old, well worn, but well taken care of field gun. On the right side of the frame, and right side of the stock there are wear marks, right where I would expect them to be if a man carried it in the crook of his arm.

The GBC (guy behind the counter) checked it with a gauge he had and said it has "short chambers" and was choked modified and full. I understand "short chamber" probably means 2 9/16th?

Right now, it looks "old" but I think a lot of that may just be that it hasn't been wiped down recently. The bores were filthy, so I asked the GBC to give them a lick and a promise cleaning, which he was glad to do. The interior looks good and shiney. No pitting inside or outside that I've noticed.

One thing I really liked is that it seems to jump to my shoulder. Even my wife who knows nothing at all about a shotgun commented on that. "That's neat the way you snap it to your shoulder like that." I laughed and told her that once in a while, I can fool people who know nothing into thinking I know something."

Anyway, thanks for letting me think outloud. I'll shut up now. :bigbye:

What is the asking price of that Trojan?

wayne: the fact that it jumps to your shoulder is reason enough to buy it now!

Bill, they've got it tagged at $850.00. No idea if that's good, bad, or indifferent, but with Stevens 311's pushing $400.00 and up, I didn't think it was too bad. I'm going to try to get it down some of course.

Ed, that's sort of what I was thinking. I'm a pump-gun man mostly. About all the shotgunning I've done is deer hunting with buckshot, so I've never worried much about how a shotgun felt. It was a good feeling.

$850 would not be a bad price on a 12g Trojan providing all is functional and the condition is not bad. Without us seeming pictures of the gun, it is hard to say for sure. When you say the gun had been refinished, in what way are you talking?

I'm not sure what it should should look like so I'm taking the word f the dealer that its been reblued at some point.

Brian and Ed work in the trade, so for the most part I would trust their input. I will only add that I agree with you in regards to the pricing of 311's. If those cinder blocks are able to fetch $400 then just about any decent Parker should be worth twice that.

On the same note, I am seeing a lot of 12ga LC Smith's with uncracked wood selling in the same neighborhood as a 311. That sure as heck doesn't make sense to me.

Apologies to those who love 311's. I just don't care for them, especially the small bores built on the same frame.

Wayne in my opinion it is a good price for a shooter. I am a bit concerned that it has been reblued and still looks old and worn. Of course not seeing the gun all any of us can do is take your observations into consideration. What is worn to one person may be just what another person is looking for. Again, for the price, especially if he will come down somewhat, I think it sounds good.

Got it for $750.00. Details later. Pictures tomorrow.

You can't buy happiness Wayne, but you can buy a Parker.