New-to-me Parker Hale; What can you tell me about it?

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Hey guys,

I picked up this Parker Hale today. I know nothing about it, don't even know what model it is, but it's in .308. There are no model stampings on it that I can find.

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ALSO in this picture, notice the rear eyepiece on the Tasco Pronghorn scope is threaded so it can be moved back and forth (threads behind the zoom adjustment). Is this to change the eye relief, or is it just for repairing the scope? It was screwed back a bit when I got the rifle, so if someone was messing around trying to "fix" scope, I'll probably replace it. It's an older Pronghorn, and I have heard they were better, but that's just what I was told . . .

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If you ever get the desire to remove the barrel and action from the stock one of the bolts holding them together is under the latch that holds in the detach mag. Drive out the pin that holds the latch in place, be careful the spring doesn't go flying, and you are in business.

The original recoil pads get hard and crumble over time. I replaced the one on my PH Super Safari in 30-06 with a limbsaver that fit close enough for me.
 
Sorry, can't help with the model, etc, but the adjusting ring at the back of the scope is for adjusting the brightness/position of the crosshairs in the scope. Can't say about that scope since I don't own one, but a couple of my newer scopes also use that to slightly adjust focus for different distances. So, it's okay, no one was trying to "fix" the scope. Just adjust the "bell" ocular to give you the clearest sight/crosshair picture, and then turn the locking ring to lock it in place.
Enjoy.
 
rookie wildcat said:
Sorry, can't help with the model, etc, but the adjusting ring at the back of the scope is for adjusting the brightness/position of the crosshairs in the scope. Can't say about that scope since I don't own one, but a couple of my newer scopes also use that to slightly adjust focus for different distances. So, it's okay, no one was trying to "fix" the scope. Just adjust the "bell" ocular to give you the clearest sight/crosshair picture, and then turn the locking ring to lock it in place.
Enjoy.
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Hrm. Well, the gun WAS sighted in, supposedly, but since I messed around with that, looks like I'll have to go put a couple boxes through it to make sure it's still on.

Not that I wasn't planning to anyway. :)
 
The threads on the ocular end of a scope are for adjusting that lens to focus the reticule as sharp as possible, not the sight picture.

The easiest way to do this is to have the scope pointed at a plain light background, like a wall or the sky.

If you try adjusting the lens while you are looking through the scope, your eye will compensate and you won't get the best focal point. Adjust the lens until the reticule is sharpest when you first look through the scope, not while you are looking through it.

We need this feature more and more as we get older! :D

Ted
 
I bought a Parker Hale 1200C 300 Win. Mag. with no sights, in 1984 with 2 spare clips for $400. I have always shot about 1 1/2" groups. Maybe nothing impressive but always consistent. If you got it for less than $250 it's a steal. Don't change anything, just don't lose your clip. ;)
 
Rembo said:
...looks like there is something misisng from the bolt release...
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That is the late model bolt release/ejector assembly developed for the PH Midland rifle. It is grossly inferior to the original Mauser design. The ejector is prone to breakage.
Given the bolt release assembly, this rifle is likely a very late version of the PH Mauser sporter. In all likelihood, it will not have any inner collar on the receiver, and the firing pin design will not have the '98 Mauser interlock which prevents the firing pin from going foreward unless the bolt is rotated to lock. The action has more in common with the pre '98 actions than with a true '98.
 
These are quite decent rifles. I have never seen one that did not shoot well. As Tiriaq stated, the latest version had some inferior permutations to the earlier ones more closely based on the Mauser 98.
I have a fancier version of the Safari Deluxe PH Rifle. It is the Model 81 Classic, in 308 Norma Magnum. Hinged floorplate, deep blue, better finish on the bolt and action. Very nice stock [figured wood] in the Classic design, no cheekpiece, no Monte Carlo, nice cut checkering. Using the 200 Accubond, and 77 grains of Reloder 25, it will generally shoot 3 into ¾moa, sometimes less. Chronys 2900 and a bit. Elk slayer supreme! Eagleye.
 
the Parker Hale 1200 series rifles were sold in the thousands here in Thunder Bay, they only were beat out by Lee ENfield 303 in numbers! great rifles, but tend to break in the wrist due to poor fitting of the tang along with no reforcing rods put threw these small wrists, great rifles for the money, the older ones had soldered on BRNO/Parkerhale 19MM bases, newer production had these forged into the action itself. And more stocks were broken as 3rd fastener is hidden under triggergaurd! great gun have fun Dale in T-Bay
 
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