Jurjevic single trigger

Robert Delk · 11-09-2013, 08:57 PM

Jurjevic was probably as good a gunsmith that ever plied the trade. He worked in the US in the 70's and 80's,I believe. I think he went back to Austria and died there. He is mentioned in one of the early 80's Gun Digests and they show some pictures of his work.

kirbylawson · 11-10-2013, 05:54 AM

Thank you for the information.
My interest is the quality and function of his single trigger and how a conversion may affect the value on a Parker. Looks like he converted various shotguns and worked on all.
-KL

edgarspencer · 11-10-2013, 08:21 AM

Joe Was an incredible master of gunsmithing. He was originally working in Duchess County New York when I met him in the 70s. His trigger is foolproof. I had one on a Francotte. A wealthy Texan moved him to Texas just to have him close by. He converted one of my drillings to shoot rimless cartridges by installing a tiny spring loaded pin in the extractor.

kirbylawson · 11-10-2013, 08:36 AM

Thanks Edgar.
Opinion on equal to Parker single trigger and similar quality with the Miller?
-KL

edgarspencer · 11-10-2013, 08:49 AM

I'm not qualified to say if one trigger is better than another, but I never heard of anyone ever making a Jurjevic trigger double. I believe he developed a trigger for H& H and was never paid for it. Not sure if it was the same design, but I had a Churchill 20 with a H&H single trigger that was neat. You selected the other barrel but flicking the trigger forward.
I never heard about him moving to Austria, but I believe he was from Czechoslovakia.