I think the later half-pistol grip of hammerless guns is being confused with the ball-grip of hammer guns.
In looking through some Parker Bros. catalogue repros in my collection, the pre-ejectors "blue ink" catalogue says "straight or pistol grip" throughout.
The next catalogue which includes ejectors, says "straight, pistol or half-pistol grip" for the A1-Special and AAH, and "straight or pistol grip" for the lower grades, except VH which says "pistol or straight grip."
By the "Pine Cone" catalogue "straight, pistol or half-pistol" has filtered all the way down to PH-Grade.
The grip offerings in the "Flying Brandt" catalogue, the first to include the Trojan Grade, are the same.
The 1923 pocket catalogue again only mentions half-pistol grip for the AAH and A1-Special grades.
The 1927 pocket catalogue only mentions "straight or pistol grip" throughout.
The 1929 "Flying Geese" catalogue mentions "straight, full pistol or half pistol grip" down to the DH-Grade; and "straight or pistol grip" for the GH-, PH- and VH-Grades.
The 1930 pocket catalogue again only says "straight or pistol grip" from A 1 Special to VH-Grade
Finally the big 1937 Remington catalogue offers "any style of grip" on most grades and spells all three out on a couple of grades.
None of these catalogues picture a gun with anything but a straight grip or a capped full pistol grip.
So, guess that was a waste of my time!!
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