Beavertail Trojan
 

Well, one picture worth a thousand words. Gun was made 1918. Serial number book listed as 28" 12 gauge standard.

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PS. Thoughts on being original (can't imagine it is).

Pretty unlikely Tom. Checkering pattern is backwards to that which we are accustomed to seeing on the lowest grades of Parkers. There were an extremely small number of Trojan skeet guns made (maybe three?) and I doubt this is one of those.

Called the seller and had him remove the forearm. Said the inletted wasn't precise. That seals the deal (or lack thereof). Serial Numbers do match and its full/mod with the dime test. Gun was redone at some point and no doubt the forearm modified then.

If the price is right it would be a good shooter.

And also, not like putting a splinter forend on it is all that much of a feat. The only thing to watch for is wear to the barrel bluing from that BTFE if it has been on there a while. Personally, the forend does not look bad. But the checkeing pattern wrecks it for me. If it were a more attractive pattern, it would be great.

Were there ever any Trojan Skeet guns actually made? I know there is some Remington Promo material that shows them, but TPS says that there is no exidence of them being produced. These ones had straight grips also.

Here is my trojan with a beavertail forend. Someone spent a lot of money on it, including a miller trigger.
Jeff

What a great gun Jeff, Congrats!

Yes Jeff, a great gun! Please tell us what you know about your Trojan. I see it also has a raised comb and some unusual kind of forend attachment... ? :cool:

Looks like quite the trap gun!

There is a Remington/Parker Trojan Skeet gun on display in the Remington Arms museum in Ilion NY (at least there was 5 years ago).

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