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Unread 02-05-2018, 04:09 PM   #1
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I'm sure Dad is having a laugh at the Skeuse Parkers name. I know I am, in a proud way
If you happen to channel him, tell him thanks from all of us for his wonderful project.
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I'm sure Dad is having a laugh at the Skeuse Parkers name. I know I am, in a proud way
Credit where credit is do.
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I was told that when Remington tried to revive the Parker in the 1970's (?) that the lawyers made them redesign the safety system in order to pass the "slam test" which was apparently an industry standard. If true, were the Winchester reproductions modified?
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Robin,
In regard to the Production Numbers, corresponding with Geoffroy Gournet recently, he indicated to me that only approximately 80 A1 Customs were made
during his 15 years at Reagent Chemical/Parker Reproductions. Approximately
only another 80 have been done since Parker Reproduction closed in early 2000
and he became an Independent Contractor. We can only assume several in-the white A1 Specials were lost in the flood and the remaining few survivors were sold to Tony Galazan for distribution. Consequently the 300 number of A1 Customs is a high number.
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Personally I don’t consider a Parker reproduction a “Parker”, and that’s nothing against them, I love them for what they are.. But they’re not part of the original continuous production. I’ve had this same discussion about about US WWII firearms. I have a February 1941 M1 Garand and a December 1943 M1 Carbine. Both of these guns are still being produced and the parts interchange, but would you consider them original?
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Yup.





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As a guy that started a business as a dumb-ass kid (machine shop) with a whopping eight hundred bucks, no house, junk vehicle for me and a slightly less junky (but safe) vehicle for my equally young and dumb (but graciously beautiful) young wife (and a shorthair) to believe in me, sink or swim. No equipment, no customers, no contacts, no shop but for a rented dirt floor and a single light bulb that showed light through the walls..literally. I'm not ashamed to say Tom Skeuse is a personal hero of mine. It's a great story in the history of gun-making in my view and, not such a shabby pc of hardware that feels pretty darn good in the hand.

I like 'em, Reproduction, or not.
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Yeah, if you’re in the market for a side by side you won’t get more for your money buying anything else.
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We've "been there, done that," on the reproduction issue for sure, but just think how we might view this if the later production Parkers had [I]never[I] been called reproductions in the first place.
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As I recall, when Remington produced a couple of prototype Parkers in the 1980's(?) with a few variations from the originals, they named them the "Parker Reintroduction" and I wonder why they weren't simply called a 'Parker'?





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