Eightbore, as noted I own a Repro - I hardly refuse to own Japanese products. But that's a far cry from stating that a Japanese-built Parker Repro is 'a real Parker' or 'better than an original'. I know you can see the distinction.

King, we'll have to disagree. It's not an issue of sins of father or grandfathers we're discussing - but rather sins of the first generation. I find it near impossible to believe a Meriden guy would think it OK that his gun was being built anywhere else, much less in the land of a sworn enemy. We might not consider the Japanese an enemy now but in 1944 you can bet everyone did.