Talk:Parker-Hale

Latest comment: 14 years ago by 222.155.72.69 in topic 303 conversions

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Parker Hale do still make guns - I just bought a new Paker Hale Striker air rifle. I know they make 3 air rifles - the Striker, the Phoenix and the Phoenix mkII. Not sure about other guns though.

Is the firm's name "Parker Hale" or "Parker-Hale"? I've seen it spelt and used both ways in various reference texts. --Commander Zulu 11:07, 4 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

Older catalogues seem to have Parker-Hale predominantly, e.g. this one from 1945 and this one from 1933. The modern logo fudges things by having a dot rather than a hyphen in between Parker and Hale. I would vote for Parker-Hale if it came to that. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 10:42, 14 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

303 conversions

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I have tried to gather some information on the Parker Hale military 303 conversions , but not a lot out there. These were sporting 303s made from No.1 Mk3 and No4 Mk1 ex military SMLEs. Fitted with a new sporter barrel about 21 1/2" long , a new "Monte Carlo" style 2 piece stock and some had a flush fitting 5 round magazine. It's easy to dismiss these as just another sporterised 303 , but being well priced , accurate and well made they were well received. From the 1950's to the 1970's many were sold and did good service in this part of the world.(New Zealand) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.155.72.69 (talk) 02:07, 30 July 2010 (UTC)Reply