There is a lot in Johnson's book that is not accurate. The 18 to 4 parts reduction was taken from a letter that Hayes Wrote to Parker Management concerning a prototype he made for a revised cocking mechanism in the Parker gun. However, the change was never implemented into production. That is where Johnson got it wrong.
Johnson's book was the first about Parkers and is a good read, however it cannot be counted on as fact in a long of areas.
If you would like to read my article on James Hayes and his prototype guns, you can contact. DGJ directly for a copy. I also need to write up a condensed version of the same article for our own Parker Pages, but I have not found the time.
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B. Dudley
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