The P grade was the base grade gun until the introduction of the VH and later on the Trojan. The P grade guns had Twist or in rare circumstances Damascus. And the very late P grades had Parker Special steel. The PH was discontinued from the line not long after Fluid steel became the most used barrel steel. So, needless to say, not a lot of PH guns were fitted with fluid steel, so they are considered rarer and more desireable with collectors.
If a PH was sent back to Remington for new barrels, they COULD have been fitted with VH barrels if they had extra Meriden made VH barrels hanging around. But, there should be Repair codes marked on the gun. There was a transistion period where left over Meriden barrels were being used up before Remington used their own barrels on parkers. So, in these cases, there have been higher grade guns found with Vulcan marked barrels on them. But, this is an unlikely scenario for a PH since that grade was dropped from the Parker line before that transition period.
Regarding the Trojan question. The trojan was a grade that was high selling and offered not many options. Special orders were not usually accepted on Trojans, especially from individuals on individual guns.
The only Trojans with BTFE would be the Remington Trojan Skeet guns. And those guns were never really offered for sale to the public. They appeared in a few advertising pieces and only a handfull of Prototypes MIGHT have been built. One surviving example is in the Remington Museum. I do not know if any other surviving Trojan Skeets exist.
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B. Dudley
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