Nice--the p4 version allows for a smaller p572 and p580:
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#572
x = 78, y = 54, rule = LifeHistory
46.2A$11.A10.2A3.2A.2A5.2A6.B2AB$9.3A10.A.A3.A.A2.A.A2.A6.3B$8.A5.2A
8.A2.A2.A.2A.2A9.B.B$2.2B4.2A5.A7.2A.A3.A.A2.B8.5B$.9B5.A.2A3.A2.A.4A
2.AB2A6.6B$.7B8.A.A4.A3.A3.A.A.2A4.8B$.9B8.A.3A3.A2.BA.A2.13B$.10B.3B
2.2A.A4.A.2BA.A5.13B$.2B2A10B.5B4.2A.2BA5.15B$2BA2BA14B9.3B4.15B$2BA
2BA14B10.2B.B.17B$.2B2A15B.31B$20B.17B2A13B$.19B.17B2A14B$.8B2.38B3.B
2A$2.4B.2B.38B4.A2BA$11.21B2.2B2.B3.6B5.2A.A$11.18B14.6B7.A9.2A$11.
16B14.9B6.2A8.2A$11.15B15.2A4.4B19.A$10.17B15.A5.4B14.5A$11.16B12.3A
7.4B12.A.B$10.2A.3B.10B2A10.A10.4B11.BA.3A$10.2A2B2AB3.7BA.A21.4B9.B
2.2A2.A$11.3B2A.B3.4B4.A17.2A3.4B7.6B.2A$6.2A.6B7.4B3.2A17.A4.4B5.2A
3B$6.A2.2A2.B9.4B21.A.AB2.4B3.B2A2B2A$7.3A.AB11.4B10.A10.2AB.6B3.3B.
2A$10.B.A12.4B7.3A12.16B$7.5A14.4B5.A15.15B$7.A19.4B4.2A15.14B$10.2A
8.2A6.9B14.15B$10.2A9.A7.6B14.17B$21.A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.21B$22.AB.A4.
37B7.2B$23.2AB3.9BABA15B.10B2.3B.4B$24.14BA2BA14B2.19B$25.13BA2BA14B
2.20B$26.13B2A14B3.15B2A2B$21.A4.9B2A6B.B.2B10.14BA2BA2B$20.A.A4.8B2A
5B4.3B9.14BA2BA2B$20.A.A4.15B5.A2B.2A4.5B.10B2A2B$17.2A.A.2A4.13B5.A.
A2B.A4.A.2A2.3B.10B$16.A.A.A3.A2B3.13B2.A.AB2.A3.3A.A8.9B$15.A.A.B.5A
BA.8B4.2A.A.A3.A3.A4.A.A8.7B$14.A.3A2B2.B.A2BA6B6.2ABA2.4A.A2.A3.2A.A
5.9B$15.AB.A.2A2B2A2B3.4B7.B2.A.A3.A.2A7.A5.2A4.2B$18.A.A.5B5.4B5.2A.
2A.A.A.A.A8.2A5.A$18.BA.A3BABA5.4B5.A.A3.2A.A.A12.3A$16.AB.A.A.ABA2.A
5.4B4.A.A7.A13.A$16.2A.A2.A3.2A.A5.3BA4.A$19.A3.3A3.A6.3BA$19.2A4.A3.
2A6.3AB!
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#580
x = 79, y = 55, rule = LifeHistory
46.2A$11.A10.2A3.2A.2A5.2A6.B2AB$9.3A10.A.A3.A.A2.A.A2.A6.3B$8.A5.2A
8.A2.A2.A.2A.2A9.B.B$2.2B4.2A5.A7.2A.A3.A.A2.B8.5B$.9B5.A.2A3.A2.A.4A
2.AB2A6.6B$.7B8.A.A4.A3.A3.A.A.2A4.8B$.9B8.A.3A3.A2.BA.A2.13B$.10B.3B
2.2A.A4.A.2BA.A5.13B$.2B2A10B.5B4.2A.2BA5.15B$2BA2BA14B9.3B4.15B$2BA
2BA14B10.2B.B.17B$.2B2A15B.31B$20B.17B2A13B$.19B.17B2A14B$.8B2.38B3.B
2A$2.4B.2B.38B4.A2BA$11.21B2.2B2.B3.6B5.2A.A$11.18B14.6B7.A$11.16B14.
9B6.2A9.2A$11.15B15.2A4.4B16.2A$10.17B15.A5.4B19.A$11.16B12.3A7.4B14.
5A$10.2A.3B.10B2A10.A10.4B12.A.B$10.2A2B2AB3.7BA.A21.4B11.BA.3A$11.3B
2A.B3.4B4.A22.4B9.B2.2A2.A$6.2A.6B7.4B3.2A17.2A3.4B7.6B.2A$6.A2.2A2.B
9.4B22.A4.4B5.2A3B$7.3A.AB11.4B21.A.AB2.4B3.B2A2B2A$10.B.A12.4B10.A
10.2AB.6B3.3B.2A$7.5A14.4B7.3A12.16B$7.A19.4B5.A15.15B$10.2A16.4B4.2A
15.14B$10.2A9.2A6.9B14.15B$22.A7.6B14.17B$22.A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.21B$23.
AB.A4.37B7.2B$24.2AB3.9BABA15B.10B2.3B.4B$25.14BA2BA14B2.19B$26.13BA
2BA14B2.20B$27.13B2A14B3.15B2A2B$22.A4.9B2A6B.B.2B10.14BA2BA2B$21.A.A
4.8B2A5B4.3B9.14BA2BA2B$21.A.A4.15B5.A2B.2A4.5B.10B2A2B$18.2A.A.2A4.
13B5.A.A2B.A4.A.2A2.3B.10B$17.A.A.A3.A2B3.13B2.A.AB2.A3.3A.A8.9B$16.A
.A.B.5ABA.8B4.2A.A.A3.A3.A4.A.A8.7B$15.A.3A2B2.B.A2BA6B6.2ABA2.4A.A2.
A3.2A.A5.9B$16.AB.A.2A2B2A2B3.4B7.B2.A.A3.A.2A7.A5.2A4.2B$19.A.A.5B5.
4B5.2A.2A.A.A.A.A8.2A5.A$19.BA.A3BABA5.4B5.A.A3.2A.A.A12.3A$17.AB.A.A
.ABA2.A5.4B4.A.A7.A13.A$17.2A.A2.A3.2A.A5.3BA4.A$20.A3.3A3.A6.3BA$20.
2A4.A3.2A6.3AB!
I'm not particularly concerned about the p5; it's large, but it takes up what is often unused space in a bounding box. The p4 has a larger overhang.
EDIT: Unrelated, a smaller p972 by using a different base gun:
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x = 92, y = 59, rule = LifeHistory
11.2A5.2A10.2A5.2A$10.A2.A.BA2B.A9.A2.A.A2.A3.2A$10.2A.A2BAB.2A11.2A.
2A4.A2.A$11.A.A2.A2.6B8.B2.A.A3.A.A12.A$10.BA.3AB4.5B6.2ABA2.4A.A11.
3A$9.A3B.2A5.7B4.2A.A.A3.A12.A$9.3BA8.13B2.A.AB2.A11.2A$7.3A.A7.13B5.
A.A2B.A7.5B$6.B4A7.15B5.A2B.2A6.4B$7.A.B8.15B4.3B10.5B$17.7B2A8B.B.2B
10.6B.B$17.5B2ABA20B3.9B$16.6B2A16B3ABA2B2.11B.B$15.7B2ABA13BA3BAB2A
2.12B2A$14.2AB3.4B2A13B2A4BAB.13B2A$13.A2.A4.18BAB4A15B.B20.A2.2A$12.
A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.22B23.4A.A$12.A7.6B14.20B27.A$11.2A6.9B14.20B18.7A.
2A$18.4B4.2A15.19B17.A2.B3.A.A2.A$17.4B5.A15.19B18.2A2.2A.AB2.2A$16.
4B7.3A12.17B2ABA.2A8.2A6.B2AB2A$15.4B10.A10.2AB.3B.11B2A.2A.A8.A8.5B$
14.4B21.A.AB6.11B16.A7.3B$4.A8.4B22.A8.10B14.5A6.2A3B$2.5A5.4B5.2A15.
2A7.10B15.A9.B2AB2A$.A5.A4.4B5.A25.11B16.B4A3.2ABA4B$.A2.3AB2.7B.BA.A
25.11B16.BA2.A2.9B$2A.A.2B3.4BA2B.B2A25.13B15.4B4.7B$A2.4A4BAB2A4B24.
2B.13B.2B8.2A3.15B$.2A2.BA3BA4BA3B23.7BA5BA7B7.A2.A.2A14B$3.3AB.2BA8B
21.7B2ABA3BAB2A7B7.2A.2A3BA10BA$3.A.B3.2BA7B21.6BA3BA3BA3BA6B11.B.BAB
A7BABA$2A.A8.8B19.7BA4BABA4BA7B13.BA7B2.2A$2A.2A7.9B18.7B2A4BA4B2A7B
7.A5.7B5.B$13.3B2.4B16.10BA7BA10B4.3A5.9B$11.5B3.4B16.11BA3BA11B4.A7.
4B4.2A$11.2A7.4B15.6B2.3BA3BA3B2.6B4.2A5.4B5.A$12.A8.4B13.4B.B3.11B3.
B.9B4.4B7.3A$9.3A10.4B11.4B7.B.B3AB.B7.6B5.4B10.A$9.A13.4B9.4B11.3B
10.8B2.4B$24.4B7.4B11.5B7.15B$25.4B5.4B12.3BAB7.14B$16.A9.4B3.4B14.BA
BAB6.13B$16.3A8.4B.4B10.B2.2B2.A.A2.A.2A12B$19.A8.4BA2B10.2AB.B3A2.4A
B2A2B2.7B$18.AB9.3BAB11.2A2BAB2.2A5.B2.B.9B$18.A2BA7.6B11.B.BA.2A2.4A
.2A4.2B2A4B$20.BA.B2.3B3A4B13.BA2.A.A2.A.A5.2B2A2B$19.AB.3AB.2B2A6B
15.A2.A2.A.A6.5B$20.AB4A4BABA3B17.2A4.A8.3B$21.B3.B4.BA3B32.5B$21.ABA
2BA5.5B29.B2AB2A$22.BA4B7.2A26.2A2.2A.AB2.2A$25.3A7.A27.A2.B3.A.A2.A$
26.B9.3A25.7A.2A$38.A32.A$66.4A.A$66.A2.2A!
EDIT 2: A few osc3 gun families could be fitted with the standard p3 syringe. Examples:
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#414osc3
x = 63, y = 55, rule = LifeHistory
20.A9.2A5.2A$19.BAB7.A.BABA.A.A$16.AB2ABA7.2A.2BABA$15.BA4B5.5B2.B2.A
$15.A3.A4.BA3B4.3A$14.B2A2BA4BABA3B3.B$13.BA.3BA.2BA2BA4B3.4A$14.2A.A
2.4B2A4B4.2B2.A$12.4B7.6B4.A.2BA.A$12.2A9.5B4.A.A2.A.A$13.A8.7B3.A.A
3.A$10.3A8.4B.4B3.A$10.A9.4B3.4B$19.4B5.4B$18.4B7.4B$17.4B9.4B$16.4B
11.4B$2A13.4B13.4B$.A12.4B15.4B$.A.AB2.B5.4B17.4B$2.2AB.3B3.4B19.4B
18.A$4.6B.4B21.4B11.2A3.A.A$4.10B23.4B11.A3.A2.A$4.2B2A5B25.4B10.A.2A
.A.A$5.A2BA3B27.4B10.A.A.A.2A$5.BABA4B27.4B10.2B2A.A2.A$6.BA6B27.4B
10.4B2.2A$6.3B2.4B27.4B6.7B$3.B2.3B3.4B27.4B3.8B$2.3A.A.B4.4B22.2A3.
4B.8B$2.3ABAB6.4B22.A4.12B$3.BA.2A7.4B21.A.AB2.B3A7B.2B$2.3A.3B7.4B
10.A10.2AB.2BA11B2A$.B.A2BA2.A7.4B7.3A12.5BA10B2A$2A.A2B4A8.4B5.A15.
14B.2B$.BAB.B13.4B4.2A15.13B$2.A2BA.3A2.2A6.9B14.14B.2B$2.BA.2A.A4.A
7.6B14.18B2A$4.A5.A2.A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.19B.B2A$3.2A4.2A3.A2.A4.35B2.B$
3.A.2A8.2AB3.27B.8B$4.A2.A8.14B2A16B2.7B$5.2A10.13B2A16B2.7B$18.29B3.
7B$18.17B.B.2B11.6B.BA$8.A.B8.15B4.3B10.7BA.A$7.B4A7.15B5.A2B.2A6.8BA
$8.3A.A7.13B5.A.A2B.A6.6B.B$10.3BA8.13B2.A.AB2.A7.5B$10.A3B.2A5.7B4.
2A.A.A3.A8.6B$11.BA.3AB4.5B6.2ABA2.4A.A4.2AB.5B$12.A.A2.A2.6B8.B2.A.A
3.A.A2.A.AB3.4B$11.2A.A2BAB.2A11.2A.2A.A2.A2.4A7.3BA$11.A2.A.BA2B.A9.
A2.A.A2.A.A3.A2.A8.ABAB$12.2A5.2A10.2A5.2A.2A3.2A10.2A2B!
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#369osc3
x = 60, y = 50, rule = LifeHistory
22.B9.2A5.2A$21.B2A7.A.2BAB.A.A$18.BAB2AB7.2A.BA2BA$17.6A5.5B2.A2.A$
17.A3.B4.BA3B4.B2A$16.3AB3A3BABA3B3.A$15.BA.2BAB.2BA2BA4B3.B3A$16.2A.
B2.4B2A4B4.2A2.A$14.B2AB7.6B4.A.2BA.A$10.2A2.2A9.5B4.A.A2.A.A$11.A3.A
8.7B3.A.A3.A$9.A2.3A8.4B.4B3.A$9.3A10.4B3.4B$12.A8.4B5.4B$11.2A7.4B7.
4B$11.5B3.4B9.4B18.A$13.3B2.4B11.4B11.2A3.A.A$3.2A7.9B13.4B11.A3.A2.A
$3.A8.8B15.4B10.A.2A.A.A$2A.A.B3.10B17.4B10.A.A.A.2A$A2.3AB.2B2A7B18.
4B10.2B2A.A2.A$.2A2.BA3B2A7B19.4B10.4B2.2A$3.4A12B20.4B6.7B$3.A.2B3.
7B.B2A19.4B3.8B$4.3AB2.7B.BA.A14.2A3.4B.8B$7.A4.4B5.A15.A4.2B2A8B$2.
5A5.4B5.2A14.A.AB2.BABA7B.2B$2.A10.4B10.A10.2AB.2BA11B2A$4.A9.4B7.3A
12.16B2A$3.2A10.4B5.A15.14B.2B$16.4B4.2A15.13B$9.2A6.9B14.14B.2B$10.A
7.6B14.18B2A$10.A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.19B.B2A$11.A2.A4.35B2.B$12.2AB3.27B.
8B$13.14B2A16B2.7B$14.13B2A16B2.7B$15.29B3.7B$15.17B.B.2B11.6B.BA$5.B
.B8.15B4.3B10.7BA.A$4.3ABA7.15B5.A2B.2A6.8BA$5.2BA.A7.13B5.A.A2B.A6.
6B.B$7.B2AB8.13B2.A.AB2.A7.5B$7.3AB.2B5.7B4.2A.A.A3.A8.6B$8.BA.4A4.5B
6.2ABA2.4A.A4.2AB.5B$9.A.A2.B2.6B8.B2.A.A3.A.A2.A.AB3.4B$8.2A.ABA2B.
2A11.2A.2A.A2.A2.A2BA7.3BA$8.A2.A.ABAB.A9.A2.A.A2.A.A3.A2.A8.3BA$9.2A
5.2A10.2A5.2A.2A3.2A10.3AB!
EDIT 3: p970 down from 5950 cells to 4312. The high period guns could use inspection, I think. Similarly, p954 with a much smaller cut.
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#970
x = 77, y = 56, rule = LifeHistory
65.2A$64.B2AB$65.3B$64.B.B8.2A$64.5B6.A$64.6B2.BA.A$59.11B2.B2A$57.2A
14B$47.2A5.3B2A15B$48.A4.20B$48.A.A20B.B2A$26.2A16.2A3.2A19B2.BA.A$
10.2A14.A17.A6.19B5.A$10.2A11.BA.A18.A5.19B5.2A$17.3B.B.B2A18.2A5.21B
$10.4A3.7B20.B6.23B$10.A3.A2.7B18.3B6.20B2A2B$12.BA2B.7B16.6B4.21B2A
2B$12.BABA10B11.10B2.25B$12.2B2A13B2.2B3.11B.26B$10.2A.28B2A29B$10.A
4.26B2A29B$8.A.A6.56B$8.2A7.56B$16.57B$2A13.4B8.4B.14B5.22B$.A12.4B
10.4B4.B.7B7.19B$.A.AB2.B5.4B12.4B7.4B9.18B$2.2AB.3B3.4B14.4B5.4B11.
7B.9B$4.6B.4B16.4B3.4B10.6B4.8B$4.10B18.4B.4B11.2A8.9B$4.2B2A5B20.7B
13.A8.10B$5.A2BA3B22.5B11.3A8.12B.B$5.BABA4B21.5B11.A10.13B2A$6.BA6B
19.7B22.12B2A$6.3B2.4B17.4B.4B20.2A9B2.B$6.3B3.4B15.4B3.4B14.2A2.A2BA
5B2.2B$6.B6.4B13.4B5.4B10.A2.A3.BABA.2B3.B2A$4.5B5.4B11.4B7.4B8.A.A.A
.4BA8.A.A$4.5B6.4B9.4B9.4B8.A2.A.2AB8.A.A.3A$3.7A6.4B7.4B11.4B10.A.BA
B8.2A5.A$.3A.3A.3A5.4B5.2A2B13.4B10.A4.A12.2A$A3.B3AB3.A5.4B3.2B2A15.
4B10.5A$A.3A.A.4A7.4B.2BAB5.A2.2A7.4B7.A.A7.2A$.A3.3B12.7B5.A.A2.A8.
4B6.2A3.2A2.A.A$3.A.A.A.2A.A8.5B6.A.A.A10.4B9.A.4A$2.2A.ABA.A.2A7.6B
5.2A.A.2A10.4B4.5A5.A$3.A.A2.A10.9B.BAB.2A3.A10.4B3.A4.2A2.2A$3.A2.2A
10.5B3A2B.3A2B.2AB.A10.4B3.3A.A.A3.2A$2.2A15.4BA5B3A2B2A.A.A11.4B4.AB
A.2A.A2.A$20.3BAB4.3A2B.2ABA13.4B4.BA2B3.3A$18.5B6.BAB.2A18.4B3.2AB4A
$18.2A11.2A.A.5A13.11B.A.2A$19.A12.A.A2.A2.A14.3BA2B.A2BAB.A.A$16.3A
13.A2.A20.3BA3.2A2B.A.A$16.A16.2A22.3AB3.B2.2A.2A!
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#954
x = 93, y = 63, rule = LifeHistory
24.2A11.A$23.B2AB9.A.A$24.3B9.A.A2.2A3.A$23.B.B9.2A.2A2.A2.A.A$23.5B
8.B2.A.A3.A.A12.A$23.6B6.2ABA2.4A.A11.3A$23.8B4.2A.A.A3.A12.A$24.13B
2.A.AB2.A11.2A$22.13B5.A.A2B.A7.5B$21.15B5.A2B.2A6.4B$21.15B4.3B10.5B
$20.7B2A8B.B.2B10.6B.B$20.6BABA12B2A6B3.9B$19.7BA14BABA6B2.11B.B$18.
8BABA12BA8B2.12B2A$17.2AB3.4B2A21B.BA11B2A$16.A2.A4.27B3A9B.B$15.A.2A
5.6B3.B2.2B2.7B2ABABABA7B$15.A7.6B14.4B2ABA3B2A7B20.A2.2A$14.2A6.9B
14.3BA2BAB2A10B18.4A.A$21.4B4.2A15.AB2AB2A12B23.A$20.4B5.A15.B2AB4A
11B17.7A.2A$19.4B7.3A12.2B4A11B2ABA.2A11.A2.B3.A.A2.A$18.4B10.A10.2AB
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