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Originally Posted by Brian Dudley
You can buy a very nice Trojan for the money as compared to any higher grade. And you still get the same Parker gun, just without the frills. However, the options are limited on them and a 12g. is a heavy gun as bruce stated.
Unless you want a heavy gun.
Finding a Steel barreled GH gun is going to cost you some more money than you are maybe wanting to spend since there are a lot more Damascus GH guns out there than "Parker Special Steel" barreled GH's.
I recommend you look at a VH as your Parker of choice. They are all fluid steel barreled and are readily available. Options, like ejectors are available on them and you can get them in different frame sizes. A 1 or 1-1/2 frame in 12g. is nice for carying in the field. Typically in the 7 lb. range. Typically $1k will buy you a nice VH that is not too nice to hunt with.
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Thank you, Brian:
Since I posted the above I perused the Guns International pages. They had just under 500 Parkers for sale. They are not rare.
Trojans are usually the same one from another. The VH is a pretty plain gun, but they look very Parkerish and I like them. I like the DH better. They generally run $4K or so. I own a GH and like them and I like the engraving. I think I can find a fluid steel gun for around 4K too.
So, I'm going to enjoy this shopping. On the guns site they advertised a GH with three barrels, a 30, a 28 and 26. The 28 is damascus. 7K. Cased and a bit over done, but nice. If I wasn't married I'd buy it tomorrow.