It's rude to comment on somebody else's deal. I broke a rule by saying anything at all, will say no more.
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mAYBE SO, BUT SHOWN ME IN MY FIRST REPLY WHERE I BELITTLED THE SELLER OR HIS AD- IF YOU'D CARE TO RE-READ THAT, I BELIEVE YOU'LL READ WHERE I TOLD HIM HIS PRICE IS WELL IN THE "BALL-PARK" FOR SOME REASON(S) WHICH ESCAPE ME, tHE fJESTAD BLUE BOOK PRICING SEEMS HIGH- (oops, cap lock FUBAR) read the values listed for his Trojan 16 bore on page 1455- I must also admit I have always downgraded any 16 gauge, have felt that perhaps the 20 and 28 bores may fetch more than the popular 12 bores- in the same make and model shotgun, and in the same condition--
But then, all my shot-gunning gurus basically shot 12 bore double guns: Paul A. Curtis, Ray P. Holland, George B. Evans, Gene Hill and of course, "De Master" himself- T. Nash Buckingham. I believe Paul Curtis referred to the 16 bore back in 1934 as the "bastard gauge" but times have indeed changed (even though I may not have with them)and I meant no direct offense to the seller here.
I see the term "rare" overdone (IMO anyway) so often in the BS ad copy in Gunbroker and other websites-- L.C. Smith Eagle grade 12 gauge with RARE HOT and Ejectors--The greatest % of L.C. Smith 12 gauge shotguns from Specialty and up through Eagle Grades had ejectors, once you moved up to Crown grade, I believe they were standard "back in that day".
I also think, but do NOT know for a fact, that if the production dates stand true for the first design Trojan from 1915 to 1923, due to America getting into The War To End ALL Wars (what a sham that was, but I digress)--possibly production of Parker shotguns may have slowed somewhat until after the Armistice was declared-- I do know for a fact that once Wilson declared war on Germany, A.H. Fox and other American double gun makers found their supply of top quality Krupp Flustahl tubes cut off- go figure!!!