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08-23-2021, 09:48 PM | #13 | ||||||
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Mike, do you know if your Trojan was sent back to Parker Bros. to have the single trigger installed?
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08-23-2021, 10:17 PM | #14 | ||||||
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Not according to the letter. It also has a straight grip and checkered butt, also lettered. Oh, and it’s a two barrel set, all matching numbers. It’s a great gun to shoot and it destroys clays.
UPDATE: After not finding a letter and contacting Chuck, I couldn't find one because there is none available. I was confusing my VHE letter for the Trojan. The Trojan does have the same SST in it that the VHE does. |
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08-23-2021, 10:19 PM | #15 | ||||||
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I’ll have to dig out the letter.
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08-24-2021, 07:14 AM | #16 | ||||||
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I want to see this letter for that gun. I keep hearing about it.
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08-24-2021, 07:23 AM | #17 | ||||||
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Somebody ‘in the know’ bought Parker’s least expensive gun but didn’t mind paying for the extra features he wanted.
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08-24-2021, 08:13 AM | #18 | |||||||
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And the VH thread subject gun doesn't sound too bad to me. Parker SST, IC/Full; yeah. In the hundred or so years since it was made somebody put a little extra finish on the stock and reblued the barrels. So? These are shooters. Buy it, shoot it and if you don't like it pass it on. They made over 117,000 VH guns. My guess is you're not paying $5,000 for this VH. |
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08-24-2021, 08:27 AM | #19 | ||||||
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Here is the info on the 12g VHE live bird gun. I was mistaken as the original specs didn’t mention a SST, but the info I received from G&H shows there was one on the gun by the late 1940s. However, the ID and Serialization book shows it was made with a SST.
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08-24-2021, 08:54 AM | #20 | ||||||
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Question #1 asked about the originality of single triggers on V grade Parkers. Answer: Hundreds of Parker V grade skeet and trap guns were made with single triggers as well as more than a few field guns. Question #2 was about the testing of a single trigger without live firing. Answer: One of the main malfunctions of a Parker single trigger is doubling. Testing for doubling involves live fire with low power and high power ammunition, preferably more than a few shots with each. My experience with doubling in Parker shotguns is that sometimes, a Parker will double no more than every twenty five or a hundred shots, a sign of bad things to come. Test fire before buying if the price is not a solid bargain.
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