Chantilly, VA Show April 19-21, 2013

[Bill Murphy]

Has anyone anything to report from the Chantilly, Virginia Show? Kevin McCormack and I were at our normal location and had a great time, looked at a bunch of Parkers and other double guns. Tell us your experiences.

[Richard Flanders]

I was at a Denver show this morning. Small. Lots of black guns and such but included one stunning 12ga Trojan with more CC than I would think a brand new one would have. Not redone either. Mint original bbl finish. Very clean example. Never seen a cleaner one. Not a mark on the stock or bbls. $2195 I think it was. Colors were amazing. Amazingly we made it out the door without spending a single penny, which wasn't difficult considering that a box of 525 .22LR was $100. Magpul 30rd AR15 mags were back down to $22 though. Only other gun I liked was an unfired pre-series 70 Colt 1911 A1 that was absolutely gorgeous.... $2500.... I passed.

[Bill Murphy]

I wish we had seen that Trojan. I heard about a high condition Trojan at our show, but never got to look. We had an interesting conversation about Ed Muderlak's Trojan, but I forgot about the Trojan at the show after talking about Ed's gun.

[edgarspencer]

Is it just my impression or are Trojans moving upward more rapidly than higher grades? I will freely admit, I've paid more attention to them recently. All I seee in shops are well worn examples, rarely smaller than 12s.

[Kevin McCormack]

Trojans are rapidly joining the ranks of 28's and .410's. The two older guys carting the Trojan around were sent to the show by a friend who owned the gun to sell it for him. One guy was obsessed with the fact that the gun was made in 1927(?); the other had absolutely no idea what he was carrying around except that it was a "Parker Brothers from Meridian (sic) CT.' Yes it did have a lot of color and yes it did have sound wood, but when I asked them the price and they told me the guy at home wanted $3700 for it, I got out of there fast. The two guys carrying the gun around kept looking at one another as if they knew that the gun was priced about 3 times what it should have been.

Antics like this are prime examples of the insane mania fueling the outrageous prices lately for Parker Guns. I hope we don't see anything like it at Sanford later this week!

[Bill Murphy]

I will bring a Trojan to Sanford that is overpriced at $450, but may make a project for an ambitious buyer.

[Gerald Majors]

Originally Posted by Richard Flanders

I was at a Denver show this morning. Small. Lots of black guns and such but included one stunning 12ga Trojan with more CC than I would think a brand new one would have. Not redone either. Mint original bbl finish. Very clean example. Never seen a cleaner one. Not a mark on the stock or bbls. $2195 I think it was. Colors were amazing. Amazingly we made it out the door without spending a single penny, which wasn't difficult considering that a box of 525 .22LR was $100. Magpul 30rd AR15 mags were back down to $22 though. Only other gun I liked was an unfired pre-series 70 Colt 1911 A1 that was absolutely gorgeous.... $2500.... I passed.

Do you know if he sold the Trojan. Do you have his name or know a way to get in touch with him?
Thanks
Gerald