Parker Trojan Questions
I bought a 20 ga Trojan last week. Typical gun with 28" barrels, everything stock and in decent shape except someone cleaned and blued the action. That will be quick to remove and I think it will look better, but it should be a fine upland and dove gun.
This is the first Trojan I have owned and only the second one I have ever handled. I want to take the lower trigger guard and plate to take a peek inside and do a little cleaning up and lube. It seems like Trojan info is really scarce. It doesn't look to be a lot different from the same graded models but before dropping the trigger/bottom plate off I wanted to be sure there was nothing different that was going to fly out. Is there anything different that I should watch for?
The reason I want to look inside is the odd thing. I have owned a lot of doubles from a lot of makers, but I have never seen one do this. It seems perfectly normal and in good functioning condition. Barrels are original bores and shiny. When I recieved it, I dry fired it to check the triggers and when I pulled the right barrel trigger, it rang with the purest bell/chime-like tone I have ever heard from a mechanical device. It lasted for almost 30 seconds and was loud enough to be heard in the next room. Nothing from the left side. No change with the barrels off. Not muted by holding the barrels or action. It is coming from inside the frame and appears to be some sort of tuning fork type of response. Has anyone ever encountered anything along those lines? This is really loud, not a faint noise.
I am going to try two more things. I am going to measure the pitch with an acoustic instrument tuner. I am also going to dig out a 20 gauge snap cap to see if that eliminates the sound. Any comments would be appreciated.
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