User blog comment:Sorofin/Wiki Achievements/@comment-2015332-20100716164857

Drgyen, help us out here. By the way, I wasn't really serious about it being a "conspiracy theory." It was half-sarcasm. I do have to admit that it really had me thinking. It is possible, though. Insomniac is known for their crazy weapons. It seems possible that, while they were researching real-world weapons in order to make their own, they discovered this gun that shared part of its name with their main character (Hale). Hale, as we know, was deliberately named after the real Nathan Hale. The real Hale (almost definately) inspired the story of the Resistance Hale, by the way. Anyway, they thought that would be a great name for that character (assuming that she did not have a name yet or had a different one). The name "Parker" would be a good choice. It is a common British name. I'm pretty sure that it is. I might be wrong. Anyway, the name fits the character, and they used it. It is very likely that they found this gun during research. It is a fairly well-known British rifle. I'm sure that they studied about British rifles for the game. This is only a theory, though.