You're just confirming what most everyone knew, A Stevens is much more gun than a Parker, you probably have at least a pound more weight and that little skinny grip on the Parker compared to the handfull, when you grip the Stevens, plus yours has a rib extension.. It's really an unfair comparison, Your Stevensis the top of the line, the best they were making at the time, whereas the the Trojan was the bottom of the line gun for Parker, with thm making aout 8 Grades higher..MDC