Parker Reproduction "Production Chart"

[Don Mills]

Originally Posted by William Woods

Your last paragraph is the question I originally asked, worded somewhat differently. I did not understand how there could be so many Prototype guns with the same specifications. I thought that there might be subtle differences between the guns that I was unaware of. The poster that stated that one of the Skeuses told him that the "P" guns were prototypes has yet to chime in. Thank you Mr. Dean.

Here is what Richard Skeuse replied to me regarding that question based on a label found in the case of my repro:

Hi Don. I have no idea where that label came from, however as I said previously I’m not sure how many P numbered Parker Reproductions were made. I can assure you that there were not 4-5. Numbers started at P 001 I assume but that information was lost in hurricane Floyd. You have the 420th or so that was made. That is all I can tell you about the gun. Thanks
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I believe all of the P guns are 20 gauges and that there are 500 of them.

[Wild Skies]

One can read what Richard Skeuse had to say regarding the P-guns in posts #5 & #7 in this thread: https://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3468

[Bill Murphy]

The label is a reproduction of a British charge label that John Bugden filled out for his Repro. It has nothing to do with Repro production. John Bugden is a skilled craftsman and also a gun dealer.

[William Woods]

Originally Posted by Donald F. Mills

Here is what Richard Skeuse replied to me regarding that question based on a label found in the case of my repro:

Hi Don. I have no idea where that label came from, however as I said previously I’m not sure how many P numbered Parker Reproductions were made. I can assure you that there were not 4-5. Numbers started at P 001 I assume but that information was lost in hurricane Floyd. You have the 420th or so that was made. That is all I can tell you about the gun. Thanks
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I believe all of the P guns are 20 gauges and that there are 500 of them.

Thank you Mr. Mills. That label in the case would have been great if from the Parker folks, still a nice bit of "case candy". Still a bit of mystery as to how many "P" guns were manufactured isn't there? What have we seen so far as the highest serial number of the original 20 gauge "P" (prototype) guns? Somewhere a little over 400 I believe. Do you, or anyone else, know if all the Parker "P" guns had the Parker Reproduction labels in the top of the case? I have a case that is sans the label.

[William Woods]

So the label in Mr. Mills case states the gun was manufactured in 1982. Another bit of information that corrects what I thought. I was under the assumption that production of the guns started in 1985 and ended in 1989. Corrections appreciated.