It would be very hard to make a case for anyone to produce an 'affordable' Parker in today's world. The best example is circa 1994 when they were practically giving away the Repro's. Who wants to be the guy who steps up to be the next to give away Parkers?
But no, the last real Parker was shipped sometime in the 1940's. The rest are all fine guns, to be sure, but only a person who had never made anything with his own two hands could call them real Parkers. Because if we allow CSMC to produce a 'real' Parker, then there's no further distinction to letting Rong Fu Arms produce one in the middle of China. A Parker is more than the name or the 'rights' to who owns the name. There's the real deal, then there's the followers.
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