oldandnew and onpoint, Thanks to the both of you! I enjoyed both of your posts. I have to agree with keeping that gun with all it's history in the family. Those kinds of things are priceless as time passes by.
I have an old Parker trojan that belonged to my grandfather and he had carved his initials in the stock. He loaned it out to a "friend who broke it's but stock at the wrist and replaced the gun with a cheapie. My dad had learned to shoot with that gun and hunted up the man that had it. Dad was heart broken when he found it all rust and beat up. This was back in the fifties. Dad took it to a gunsmith and wanted it repaired, but there was too much damage to the barrels with rust pitting and dents and with thw stock broken it would be essentially a new gun when finished and be very expensive to do. Wish I had the dough but have retired it. It is shootable, but is scary to do so , and it kicks like a Missouri Mule!
I have an old Parker trojan that belonged to my grandfather and he had carved his initials in the stock. He loaned it out to a "friend who broke it's but stock at the wrist and replaced the gun with a cheapie. My dad had learned to shoot with that gun and hunted up the man that had it. Dad was heart broken when he found it all rust and beat up. This was back in the fifties. Dad took it to a gunsmith and wanted it repaired, but there was too much damage to the barrels with rust pitting and dents and with thw stock broken it would be essentially a new gun when finished and be very expensive to do. Wish I had the dough but have retired it. It is shootable, but is scary to do so , and it kicks like a Missouri Mule!
