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Unread 12-11-2009, 09:21 AM   #18
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The Remington era dog's head buttplate on the Trojan suggests that it was either redone at Del Grego's or sent back to Remington for work. It is a rare buttplate and not one any other gunsmith would have access to. The confusing aspect of this opinion is that the gun is a pretty late Trojan and shouldn't have needed refinishing. We could be mistaken about the Trojan's provenance and truly would need better pictures. A Remington refinish would be identified by repair codes stamped on the barrel flats, only visible when the gun is disassembled into its three components. A Remington manufactured (which this is) or Remington refinished Trojan could possibly been sent out with the dog's head buttplate. However, I have seen Trojans as late as 240,000 serial number range with the standard Trojan buttplate.
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