I personally believe that way more than half of the Parkers produced, still exist. They are not scarce. Almost every gun shop within an hours drive of my home has at least one. Using letters as a gauge for quantity will not provide any meaningfull statistic because so few people are members of the PGCA and know that letters exist. When I was more active in collecting 8 gauges, I kept track of every one I came across. I easily located over 40 (10 percent of total production) in a period before the internet.
Parkers were always considered a high quality gun and, in general, were well taken care of. The people who purchased them knew they cost a lot more than other guns and tended to take rather good care of them. Unless they were lost in a house fire or into the lake on a duck hunt, they would last and last. Considering that there are numerous high quality gunsmiths in the US with loads of new parts (check out Larry DelGrego's bins of hammers, triggers, sears, ejector springs, etc .) and the capability of CNC machining, it is hard to believe that any of these guns will be trashed for lack of parts.
By the way, the approximate 40 8 gauges did not include either one of Charlie's.
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