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Hi John,

After a full search on that serial number there is nothing logged in the PH records.
Gil

Kev,

Parker Hale M82 Serial Number R22814 entry 1358 in the PH Register.

I have a note beside it on the entry which reads:

Michelangelo 10/4/19 has rifle in 7.62 fitted PECAR scope 4-10x45...

Hi Steve,
I can confirm this rifle is on the Parker Hales list as an M82 ENTRY 609 and sold to a Mr T HALLAM of Canada on the 5/11/1996.
No further information on it I'm afraid.
Regards
Gil

Hi Dan,

Parker Hale M85 S/N 00252F was completed on the 23rd of January 1987. It was a batch of 6 rifles, 4 NATO GREEN and 2 DESERT STOCKS completed on that day .
There was no scope fitted to...

Sadly nothing recorded on this rifle in the Parker Hale registers. It could be one that went to Canada under the C3 project as a 1200 TX.
Gil

Ari,
Could you tell me what barrel your rifle has please as I have a Pro Stalker shown with 40 as its last two digits no other numbers?
A lot of S prefix M81's were sold to York Arms in the UK in...

Sorry nothing on that modified number either.;)

Tarrantula,

Your rifle Parker Hale M82 S/N R-23594 is recorded in entry 638 in the PH register and sold to Mr T Hallam on the 5/11/96 came from Canada and marked as an M82 originally.
Sadly...

Could be a SUPER CLIP, SCOUT or SPORTER to me with that number. As SPORTER's started at C07 to C08*** and most went to York Guns.

Strange that there are NO C09*** recorded in the files at all!!...

Agreed, it was the prefix stamping R & S that caused issues even beyond those model variants you list above, where it made more sense to keep each letter to a specific rifle and perhaps calibre IMHO.

Steve,
Sadly the lettering was the PH issue I'm afraid when it comes down to the 1200TX and the M82 specifically. Most had the R prefix and a number the S.
Speaking to three of the engineers over...

Steve,
Either side of that serial number are recorded and I can confirm its an M82, nothing on yours.
The others all sold to York Guns so thats a starting point if you want to try and track its...

Yes Ron, I was going to mention that, as there are a lot of high numbers but nothing there in that range.;)

Sadly nothing logged in the register with that number.

Kev,
I woukl say it was from that rifle, only because it took them three years to convert and restamp these 500 rifles its the way I would have done business to ensure each rifle got its personal...

Kev,
Yes this rifle features in entry 1969 in the register for the C3A1 part of the 1200TX/M82 Canadian Refurbishment Contract W8466-7EHB17/01 DATED 26-11-87 No further information.
Gil

Yes correct Ron, amazing price, but someone saw the true value...................... and agreed revert to C3A1 if the barrel speaks its history!!

Parker Hale M82 Serial Number: R 22690 is at entry 626 in the PH Register comment beside it states:

"Marked as 1200 TX's and sold to Mr T. Hallam 5/11/96 from Canada as M82's originally"

C3A1...

Steve,
Funny things specialist military rifles. There always seems to be a small nucleus of people that have to fiddle to the extreme, rather than keeping rifles or leaving rifles as they were...

Very interesting!!

Ron,
Always difficult to put a price on a rifle like this, Dependant on so many pondurables, bore, general condition, etc, so I thought £2-£3K was fair.

Established that T. Hallam is in fact Tony Hallam of Charnwood Ordnance.

He did indeed did buy a lot of guns from Parker Hale back in 1996.

He is related to Roger Hale by marriage. He owns one...

Steve,
I would say £2-£3k really dependant on what you have there, it is a difficult one, as PH rifles seem to be fetching good prices recently at auction. ;)

Steve,

Like the everybody else, my view would be to go for it anyway, as long as the price is right. The PH records on the M82's is accurate, no scopes fitted or sold with them, so yours has...

Some good news Parker Hale M82 Serial Number R-21221 was refurbished on the 5th June 1992 and re marked as a 1200 TX and sold with a large number of other rifles to a Mr T. Hallam on the 5th November...