A very interesting Parker.
A U grade is defined by a straight grip and Twist barrels.
A P is basically the same thing but with a pistol grip.
The P stamp on the frame I would think indicates a Grade-1 but with Twist barrels. Ten or fifteen years earlier than your 1905 gun a Grade-1 would have had Laminated Steel barrels. Yours has the identical engraving that my three 1893 Grade-1 sixteens have. Puzzling... apparently Parker wasn’t using Laminated Steel barrels when yours was made.
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