Parker Hale Safari Deluxe

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I recently inherited a PH in 308 NM.

The bases appear to be welded on to the action, so changing bases isn't an option.

Is there a Dovetail ring that is compatible with the PH bases?

I'm trying to mount a 3x9 scope on it and the one set of bases cannibalized from another rifle (RALS3) aren't high enough for the bolt to clear the objective.

Any advice on rings?

Thanks
 
Parker Hale made several heights of rings - RALS are the lowest. RANS and then RAHS are each higher by about .10" each. Just measured - RALS is about .260" from top of base to bottom of scope body; RAHS measure .460". The ".3" part of the scope ring name designates it as for a 1" diameter scope body.

Your scope of choice might have an unusually large eye-piece. My Safari Deluxe accepted a Leupold M8-4x with clearance. It as about a 1.56" diameter objective. (Correction: I have not tried to mount any scope on my Safari Deluxe, but did mount a Leupold M8 on my Parker Hale - believed to be a 1200 - 308 Norma Mag 24" barrel using the A22 and A28 bases which appear identical height to the soldered-on factory ones on the Deluxe. The Safari Deluxe is also 308 Norma but with 21 3/4" barrel - the receivers appear to be identical)

Looks like change ring height or change scopes - I have not been successful finding any other brand of ring to attach to Parker Hale bases. Much more challenging solution is to heat and remove the soldered-on bases, then drill and tap for conventional bases. I have a pair of "unsoldered" bases here, but no idea how much heat it will take to remove. It has been posted on this site that those bases are not soft soldered, but silver soldered, which requires very nearly red heat to melt, so that would be ruining the heat treat to remove them - could only have been installed during or before original heat treat of the receiver.
 
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Thanks for the info

It does have the soldered bases.

I have a Midland here as well, which is where I grabbed the rings from. It currently has an old Bushnell 4x on it and clears the bolt. I may be shopping for a new scope I guess.

It’s surprising that there isn’t an adapter from the 19mm dove tail of the original bases and a weaver type rail or two piece base
 
In Post #2 above, I was mistaken. The A22 / A28 bases are taller than the soldered-on bases, by about 0.075". That gives just enough clearance for the 1.55" diameter Leupold M8 eyepiece. See picture below showing A22 base held on the receiver against the soldered-on front base.

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