Parker hale rifle help

[phantomak47]

Greetings

I recently acquired a Parker hale In 3006 , serial number starts with p47, floorplate, basically looks to be a 1200 but is not stamped as a 1200.

Any idea of when this was manufactured?

 

[sage5907]

Have you looked at the bottom of the barrel just in front of the receiver ring. There may be a two digit letter code. JB is 1958 and forward through the alphabet with the letter B following each letter. It starts over after ZB. Your rifle may have been made in the 1970"s.

 

[taliv]

over 1000 posts and member since 2003 and you come on here and say you have a parker hale rifle and don't post pictures? what is this world coming to?

 

[phantomak47]

over 1000 posts and member since 2003 and you come on here and say you have a parker hale rifle and don't post pictures? what is this world coming to?

lol it’s early…. I promise I will today lol

 

[phantomak47]

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• phantomak47
• May 8, 2022

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Nice!

 

[792mauser]

Purdy!
And in my second favorite caliber after 8x57.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

That's a very elegant looking rifle.
Ya can't beat a "Classic"...

 

[Speedo66]

Purdy!
And in my second favorite caliber after 8x57.

Purdey? No, Parker-Hale.

 

[bannockburn]

A classic bolt action rifle, chambered for a classic American cartridge!

 

[Dave DeLaurant]

Suggest you remove the action from the stock and inspect the barrel and receiver carefully with a magnifier, writing down or photographing any markings.

Parker Hale was a British company known for using Spanish Santa Barbara Mauser actions. You may find a mix of markings that can help confirm date of the gun.

I'm not familiar with the factory date codes for this maker, but it looks like sage already has it covered.

FWIW, Cornell has some reproduction Parker Hale factory literature available, including a selection of catalogs:
https://www.cornellpubs.com/

 

[Gary W. Strange]

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• phantomak47
• May 8, 2022

I have the exact same rifle, except in .308. I have never found a model number. I have not pulled it out of the stock, though,

 

[sage5907]

Parker Hale introduced the Series 1200 Super Mauser in 1967 and the receiver is of Spanish manufacturer. The word Spain may be stamped on the side of the tang. Use a screw driver to remove the stock from the barreled action and look at the bottom of the barrel and receiver for the two letter date code. The letters may be inside a circle or between proof marks. The word Spain may be stamped on the side of the tang. The tang is the piece of metal just behind the safety lever. If there are no proof marks or letters just ignore this note. "P" is the 16th letter in the alphabet and following that logic the rifle could have been made in 1982.

 

[phantomak47]

These rifles had an adjustable trigger?

 

[sage5907]

The trigger has three adjusting screws. Remove the action from the stock. With the trigger pointing straight down the top screw which is closest to the receiver is the weight of pull screw. The second screw down is the over travel screw. The bottom screw which is closest to the trigger guard is the sear engagement screw.