Parker Hale 303
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Here are a couple Parker Hale Custom No.4 rifles with BA29 mounts & RALS3 rings I have,
I was actually GIVEN a BSA top-of-the-line rifle last year, sort of a thank-offering from a good friend who I have tried to be of assistance to. It is a converted P-17, very nice, complete with a 1959 Weaver steel-tube K-4. It is, of course, a .30-'06. Woodwork is very like the two beautiful LEs just above this post.
At 50 yards, it groups UNDER an old-style threepenny bit, which is a LOT smaller than a dime.
Worth 300 bucks?
You decide.
As far as I'm concerned, it's about four thousand bucks cheaper than the next-best-thing, which MIGHT be an Accuracy International.
At 50 yards, it groups UNDER an old-style threepenny bit, which is a LOT smaller than a dime.
Worth 300 bucks?
You decide.
As far as I'm concerned, it's about four thousand bucks cheaper than the next-best-thing, which MIGHT be an Accuracy International.
xcaribooer
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all this publicity will create awareness and wanting and only drive the prices up!!
let me finish my collection before that happens k..hehe
I have bought and sold quite a few nice examples of these parker hales, I usually find one ,clean it up and find any original PH parts such as appropriate bases/rings that it is missing then put them back into circulation as a "ready to go hunting "nice sporter.
when my own collection is complete it will include one nice example of each of the common PH models-
Custom 1. custom 4, supreme 1 and supreme 4. all in original condition with matching bases and rings.
as well as two of the Churchill #4 sporters, one schnable and one black tip forestock.
in my opinion these are the 6 nicest enfield commercial sporters out there.
does anyone have any info on what the churchill sporters had for scope mounting originally? did they just use PH equip or mabee weaver?
let me finish my collection before that happens k..heheI have bought and sold quite a few nice examples of these parker hales, I usually find one ,clean it up and find any original PH parts such as appropriate bases/rings that it is missing then put them back into circulation as a "ready to go hunting "nice sporter.
when my own collection is complete it will include one nice example of each of the common PH models-
Custom 1. custom 4, supreme 1 and supreme 4. all in original condition with matching bases and rings.
as well as two of the Churchill #4 sporters, one schnable and one black tip forestock.
in my opinion these are the 6 nicest enfield commercial sporters out there.
does anyone have any info on what the churchill sporters had for scope mounting originally? did they just use PH equip or mabee weaver?
Those are some beautiful rifles, I think as good as any factory made guns made anywhere. I have a real nice one too, restocked, rebarreled with sporting sights. Don't think it's a P-H, the only marking it has is Whitworth on the rubber recoil pad. I remember seeing the same rifles at Crappy Tire back in the 70's, they had a large aperture peep sight on them, someone has ground mine off, looked like the back end of a N0.4 sight. Anybody heard of Whitworth.
Whitworth?
Whitworth of Leeds did up some Lee-Enfields in the '50s and '60s, while there were lots available, but you don't run into many of them.
They also did some P-17s into rather great sporters, some with wide-groove Mauser-type rifling on the original, completely modded, P-17 actions. A friend of mine has one and it IS a shooter, believe me!
They also made a bunch of rifles on Mauser 98 actions. My brother has a .30-'06 and a .375H&H, matched pair, and they are beautiful rifles.
I don't know if they still are in business or not, but they sure made some nice toys.
Whitworth of Leeds did up some Lee-Enfields in the '50s and '60s, while there were lots available, but you don't run into many of them.
They also did some P-17s into rather great sporters, some with wide-groove Mauser-type rifling on the original, completely modded, P-17 actions. A friend of mine has one and it IS a shooter, believe me!
They also made a bunch of rifles on Mauser 98 actions. My brother has a .30-'06 and a .375H&H, matched pair, and they are beautiful rifles.
I don't know if they still are in business or not, but they sure made some nice toys.
Here's a M-17- Marketed by Parker-Hale, transformed by BSA and named Model "B" see previous post for catalog pages.
The P-H rifles are still quite common around here. You can find very nice exemples of the Supreme for about 250.00 $ to about 350.00 $.
The P-H rifles are still quite common around here. You can find very nice exemples of the Supreme for about 250.00 $ to about 350.00 $.
Well xcaribooer - no collection is complete without a Cogswell and Harrison LE. I managed to pick one up a few years ago, its a No1 Mk III* based action, and very similar to the Churchill ebony tipped sporter.
To answer your question about Churchill sporters, my No4 Mk 1 schnaebel forened rifle was not D+T'ed from the factory. Mine has a custom made side mount, not likely factory, but quite well done.
Finally, you may not be aware of this, but the rifle you sold me a few years ago is not a PH made rifle. It was made by Golden State Arms out of California...
To answer your question about Churchill sporters, my No4 Mk 1 schnaebel forened rifle was not D+T'ed from the factory. Mine has a custom made side mount, not likely factory, but quite well done.
Finally, you may not be aware of this, but the rifle you sold me a few years ago is not a PH made rifle. It was made by Golden State Arms out of California...
xcaribooer
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you would have to refresh my memory on which rifle I sold you. but interesting.I know you see a few different sporters with a very similar if not identical stock to what the supreme has, wonder if they were all made by sile or if there were others making them?
I suspect that was the case, as all the sporter manufacturers relied upon subcontractors to supply bits - so why not use the same subcontractors like Siles? I also suspect PH themselves sold bits such as front sights and hoods.
At one time you could walk into half the hardware stores in Western Canada and buy Parker-Hale cleaning kits, parts for same, sights front and rear, scope bases, rings and a bunch of other things.
Bit and pieces still show up at gun shows in junk bins and at small-town auctions. I have a couple of Parker-Hale scope bases here, don't know what they fit; they are considerable different from Weavers. Also, P-H rings would not fit Weaver bases, but they were good rings.
P-H supplied a LOT of cleaning kits to the British Army for the L1A1 and they are a good, solid and fully-equipped kit, even if not really impressive in appearance. They also made a whole pile of butt-trap oil bottles for the L1A1 and some were issued with the Number 4. Triangle on the bottom with PH in the middle.
Bit and pieces still show up at gun shows in junk bins and at small-town auctions. I have a couple of Parker-Hale scope bases here, don't know what they fit; they are considerable different from Weavers. Also, P-H rings would not fit Weaver bases, but they were good rings.
P-H supplied a LOT of cleaning kits to the British Army for the L1A1 and they are a good, solid and fully-equipped kit, even if not really impressive in appearance. They also made a whole pile of butt-trap oil bottles for the L1A1 and some were issued with the Number 4. Triangle on the bottom with PH in the middle.
