Was asking a friend for his opinion about a Browning a bolt in 270 when he brought up one he has for sale. Parker Hale 1200 c 270 win. Very nice wood stock, blueing is nice, shiny bolt, mauser style action and detachable box mag. Haven't shot either yet but always like to hear peoples opinions. If I don't buy it it will end up on the ee here so slam away if you want one.
Parker Hale 1200 c
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Handle both of them and pay attention to three things.
1)Weight overall of the two.
2)Height of Bolt lift when cycling the action.
3)What one fits You better.
Mags for the 1200c are near unobtainium (if it requires one that is) as either they are drop plate or magazine.
I had a 1200c in 300WM and it was heavy , but it could shoot and felt recoil was easy on the shoulder.
Ex-G/F shot it better than I on more than one occasion...should have kept the gun and traded the G/F..kidding both where very well mannered and tempered too.
Sadly neither where meant to be.
Do not pay more than $500.00 for the PH, but thats just me.
Rob
1)Weight overall of the two.
2)Height of Bolt lift when cycling the action.
3)What one fits You better.
Mags for the 1200c are near unobtainium (if it requires one that is) as either they are drop plate or magazine.
I had a 1200c in 300WM and it was heavy , but it could shoot and felt recoil was easy on the shoulder.
Ex-G/F shot it better than I on more than one occasion...should have kept the gun and traded the G/F..kidding both where very well mannered and tempered too.
Sadly neither where meant to be.
Do not pay more than $500.00 for the PH, but thats just me.
Rob
Bough a .270 Parker Hale from CGN a few years backs as a spare rifle.I ended lending it several times to my best friends daughter. She has shot several whitetails at different ranges and as had tremendous succès with it. I ended up using it on a moose hunt in Québec and was successfull. The rifle groups well Inside 1.5 inches 100 yards and i don.t find it too heavy for a mauser action bolt rifle. The prices on the used market seem to be around 400$ to 550$ .I think at that price they are a very good rifle. Just my two cents.
My plan is to buy a box (or2) of 270 and shoot both back to back if I can organize it. Both are being sold by friends. The Parker Hale has the detachable mag that drops straight out. The Browning snaps into the floor plate and the reviews say its a fiddly system. The Parker Hale is going for $200 less so its kinda speaking to my Scottish nature. Both are very pretty guns and would serve my purpose well
My first rifle was a Parker Hale 1200C in 7mm Rem Mag that was given to me and it is still my go-to hunting rifle. The sloppy Mauser bolt does have a high lift and therefore tall rings are needed - but you can always add a cheek pad if need-be. It groups well and mag-fed works better for me than a floor plate. I like it so much, I recently had Dennis re-crown the barrel and float the barrel better (it was already glass bedded). Shoots 1" groups quite nicely.
I recently bought a Steyr Prohunter that is stainless and with a synthetic stock, mounted the same scope as my PH on it and the old PH is 1.5lbs lighter. I will have that PH with me until I am pushing up daisies.
I recently bought a Steyr Prohunter that is stainless and with a synthetic stock, mounted the same scope as my PH on it and the old PH is 1.5lbs lighter. I will have that PH with me until I am pushing up daisies.
I have had a few Parker Hales and a few A bolts, I like both but don't own either at present, the Browning bolt lift and lighter weight would win out for me in a 270 as I do a lot of walking when I am deer hunting. I like the raised cheek piece that most P H rifles have, I have always restocked Browning's with a Boyd's Prairie Hunter.
The first Center fire I bought myself was a 1200C in .270. I wasn't very old, and the
factors were that to my young teenaged eye it looked awesome and I could
afford it. Another was that it was the one I had drooled over in the Sears catalogue since I could turn the pages.
It didn't take long before some more experienced shooters told me that the clips gave trouble, fit poorly, fed poorly, the bolts had a stupid amount of wobble and the stocks liked to split at the tang. Not that any of us knew what a tang was.
Those pointing out the flaws were less than kind, but they weren't wrong on any of
it.
factors were that to my young teenaged eye it looked awesome and I could
afford it. Another was that it was the one I had drooled over in the Sears catalogue since I could turn the pages.
It didn't take long before some more experienced shooters told me that the clips gave trouble, fit poorly, fed poorly, the bolts had a stupid amount of wobble and the stocks liked to split at the tang. Not that any of us knew what a tang was.
Those pointing out the flaws were less than kind, but they weren't wrong on any of
it.
