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Originally Posted by Pete Lester
It's your gun, do as you please. A Trojan is a fine gun but few are collectors pieces. Know that what you spend on restoring will not be returned if you sell it. You have a nice gun but there is nothing unique about it (I do not mean that to be an insult). There are two schools of thought, leave as is or restore (not refinish). Sometimes people do partial restorations to replace what is broken, such as barrels worn silver, checkering worn smooth. Some think recasing is risky, warping a frame. Fresh case colors look nice, they are expensive and they start to wear almost immediately. If you decide to restore start slow, do one thing at a time. Perhaps a barrel brown, and or a freshening up of the checkering. Looks like the toe of the stock is chipped, perhaps add a period correct pad and change the LOP to what you want. I have some orginal guns myself, I have had a gun fully restored and others partially restored. It's all been part of Parker collecting and shooting tuition. Going forward I will probably only do partial restoration of guns that I plan to keep and shoot, I doubt I would ever recase a gun again. Refinishing barrels, freshening up checkering and cleaning up boogered screws gives the best bang for the buck on making a badly worn or abused Parker pop.
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Thanks...good advice! This Parker will not be sold in my lifetime, I can assure that!
What happens after I'm scattered to the four winds is anyone's guess but my last will and testament will say that my guns will be taken care of for sure...