Ed Muderlak had pondered the same thing several years ago. He did a little bit of research using the guns sold annually as tabulated by Roy Eckrose and some other sources. He covers this in chapter 43, "What are the chances" if his book "Parker Guns, Shooting Flying and the American Experience."
EDM's conclusion; "Expensive high grade Parkers were pampered and preserved, knockabouts were ridden hard and put away wet, suffering disproportionate attrition."
"Parker Brothers and Remington made more than 46 times as many knockabouts (Trojan and V grade) than Parker Story grade (C and up) ; yet knockabouts are less than four times as prevalent as higher grades, according to sales data."
"One way to rationalize this disparity - 31 of 2400 (Parker Story Grade) versus 119 of 112,000 - is to conclude that Trojan and Vulcan survivorship is less than 10% of grades C and above."
I will venture that if survivorship of Trojan and V grade is low, survivorship of composite barrel guns is even lower.
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