Parker Hale Target sights for FN FAL and SLR

[John H Turner]

I have just checked the underside of my sight and it has the number 2.

Regards,

John.

[mrclark303]

John H Turner, if you look at the underside of your sight what number is stamped on the main parts? Mine is numbered '18' It came from the UK a number of years ago, I managed to get it off of that wonderful auction site.

Here's the rare Australian NRA Target Rifle. There is no magazine well and the majority of machining operations to the receiver weren't done, it a huge lump of steel a lot stronger than the L1A1 Body. The problem with them was they were a straight pull rifle and when up against the conventional Omark Target rifles it lost out. About 130 rifles were made in both left and right handed versions.
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Fascinating Rifles Kev, I was very kindly offered one last year, mulled it over for a good while,(don't know of any in the UK) but the cost would be just too "significant" to overcome, especially when importing was taken into account..

[browningautorifle]

Here's the rare Australian NRA Target Rifle

Very interesting and rarely seen rifle...

[John H Turner]

Does anyone know how much these Parker Hale SLR sights are worth? A dealer recently offered me £80.00.

Regards,

John.

[mrclark303]

Does anyone know how much these Parker Hale SLR sights are worth? A dealer recently offered me £80.00.

Regards,

John.

Well, these things are worth what someones prepared to pay, it's certainly rare, but a limited market I would say.

Put an advert in the WTS section perhaps..

[Peter Laidler]

Better still, get a world market and put it on that auction site. I would agree that the price is the price the bloke with the deepest pockets is prepared to pay. But I think the rarity will come into play with your sight

[John H Turner]

Thanks for the advice Peter and mrclark303, much appreciated.

Regards,

John.

[Gil Boyd]

John,
A good rough guide if it is in good condition would be about £150 GBP. Hope that helps

[Brian Dick]

Speaking for myself only; my SLRs are all tight and in specification now with the BSA body lug weld repaired and remachined properly according to the EMERs. I agree that they are all service rifle grade and not tack drivers. However, this isn't the Army and I treat them as I would any high grade break action O/U or S/S shotgun and don't snap them shut without holding back the body lock lever. I learned this at a very early age in the trade and practice it to this day. They've seen their days in the hands of the troops and will be treated with tender loving care as long as I own them. The smaller apertures do help me since I love to shoot iron sights at MR31 bullseyes using a six o'clock hold and I'm blind as a friggin' bat without my stupid, progressive bifocals! My C1A1 clone has the six hole eyepiece as issued and it's zeroed on the 300 meter aperture for that very reason. The Hythe sight will stay on the BSA rifle. The P-H is on my Australian L1A1A as mentioned before but I don't care much for how it looks because I like the service sight look better. Because of the reasons stated by Peter which are very relevant, I reckon if I were going to take up competition shooting again with a 7.62 self loading rifle, it'd be my M1A/M14 on the line with me.

As a side note: has anyone ever used the battle sight on an M16A2/M4? I have to use the long range aperture as the battle sight is like looking through a garbage can with the bottom kicked out. Perfect for running through the bush snap shooting but not much good on bullseyes off the bench.

[nzl1a1collector]

Mine cost me about £80 - £95. That was a while ago, I was/am the limited market for such trinkets. The other people to direct it at are those dedicated target sight collectors, they may pay more for such a rare official target sight made by Parker Hale in very limited numbers.