You know what... I am going to go out on a limb here and say that this is a V grade gun that was upgraded or customized into a P grade. One begs to differ, why? But who knows. Or maybe it was a Parker Lunch Box Gun.
- The engraving that is of P grade pattern but poorly done and not Parker quality or exactly the correct style.
- The water table has been restamped. Not once, but twice. The font is not correct or matching of the S/N and the "PH" stamping is not correct.
- The gun books as a different Grade with a different grip and a different guage.
- Other things such as the barrel fit are also suspect. The barrel fit may be due to 16g. barrels being fitted to a 12g. frame? Also the barrel lug stampings look not quite right or should I say too fresh. I would be curious to see what the barrel S/N stamp looks like.
On a side note, the book specs are interesting... 27" length. Thats different. And the serial number after it has the same exact specs as this gun.
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B. Dudley
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