A lot of Parker guns were made in speculation of sales and held in inventory. Anything below a D grade gun (especially V grades and later on Trojans) would be considered a common seller and would be run through the factory in batches with common dimensions that would sell easily. Unless it was a special order, a gun always had the chance of sitting in inventory for a while.
As Angel said, parker would also take guns as unsold returns from dealers, or even used ones on trade from individuals. Sometimes even these used guns were worked over and resold as new. If they were lightly used of course.
I think that 10 years is a bit of a stretch for sitting in inventory. 1 or 2 years is more like it. You have to remember that Bear's book was written before the Parker records were studied. So his date estimate may not be 100% accurate.
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