Castings? Schmastings? parker used drop FORGED- NOT CAST- 1018 fm steel for its forged receiver blanks- and the guts and gusto inside were the same with the workhorse Trojan (pun intended) as with the graded Parkers- gauge for gauge and frame size for frame size.

The last Bill Ruger pioneered the "lost wax" investment casting process, although the Y series Winchester M12's had investment cast receivers instead of drop forged as did their predecessors.

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..