16 ga Trojan circa 1924

[BRDHNTR]

As best I could tell, the gun is all original. The wood is clear of and dents, cracks etc and shows no buildup of oil around the frame. screws are fine, barrels have been re-blued. no case colors remain on frame. barrels un cut at 28 inches. interior of barrels are clean, no pitting that I could discern. just need a good cleaning. Only thing I'd probably do is strip and refinish the stock and fore end. I'd have Brad B. re-case color a few years down the road when my oldest grandson is ready to start shooting and can handle stepping up from the 20 ga Trojan I have been holding for him that Brad lovingly restored for me awhile back. pics are of the 20 ga Trojan awaiting my grandson. But 16's rule or at least they did in William Harden Foster's day!

[Dale Medders]

A bargain in my opinion.

[King Cobb]

I don't know. I grew up shooting a 20ga A5, but those things don't go boom loud enough for me anymore

[BRDHNTR]

Next to Parkers, A5's rule. I have one with a buck barrel that enabled me to drop 2 deer in front of me last year out of a pack of 4 deer. Shoots like a rifle! You can't but love that ker bang noise the action makes when shooting. A classic. But 16 doubles rule still.

[todd allen]

That Trojan is a lot of gun for the money!

[King Cobb]

The biggest issue with my dad's 60s Era A5s is for a 20 gauge they kick about like a 10. They are great quail guns.

[Gunner]

Allen,
The catalogs stated 28" barrels were regularly bored M/F "but other borings may be had if desired." Yes it sounds like something Parker would produce but it might check out M/F if measured or patterned.
Erick

[BRDHNTR]

Thanks Eric, I may visit the gun shop tomorrow and will bring my gauge to measure the chokes as well as bores. It just struck me as odd that the 28 inch barrels would be full and full. I would have thought full and full would more likely be on a longer barrel set say 30 inches. The barrels still have the barrel band at the end of the rib so they're not uncut barrels. The gun was owned by a gent on Cape Cod and he may have ordered it this way for ducks. If the serial number is not in the book (I have checked), would a letter be possible still?

[Fishtail]

I dunno....the first 'grownup' shotgun I had was an A5. After I started buying Parkers I sold the A5 as fast as I could. Something about that action cycling - the term 'claptrap' comes to mind - made it something I had no desire to shoot anymore.

[Gunner]

210401 for a research request states there is no info available for a letter.
Information for a letter is sometimes available even if not listed in the Serialization book.
Erick