P series

[Jeff Elder]

Friend of mine picked up a Parker repro 20 gauge. He was wondering what the “P” series means?

Thank you in advance

[Don Mills]

The P guns were Prototypes that were the first of many Parker Reproduction guns made. I own P-420 also a 20 ga.

[Jeff Elder]

Thank you Don

[Wild Skies]

Regarding the “P” guns, has anyone seen or heard of one in any gauge other than a twenty?

[B. Dudley]

I recently had a few P series guns in my shop. A single and a double digit number. I think the one was number P-4 if I recall.

[edgarspencer]

Greg can probably answer this; After the P-xx serial numbers, how many were serialized with just a number, and not the Gauge, followed by a dash, and the number?

[Wild Skies]

Gosh Edgar, if we're talking specifically about Parker Reproductions, I can’t recall ever seeing or hearing of any. But, that’s not to say there are none out there, as we never say never, right?

[edgarspencer]

I’ll see if a friend who has one with a 3 digit SN will let me take a picture of it.

[Romac]

I've got P-36 that I bought new in the box a few years ago, it is also a 20.

[Bill Murphy]

There isn't much information or history on P repros. Some are common, some are a bit nice. In messing with and collecting these guns for decades, I have not seen a P gun that had much to brag about. Just saying it like it is.