Quote Originally Posted by rgg_7 View Post
The chap who was communicating with me was from the West Coast USAicon. He told me he was going to proceed with the purchase - not 100% sure he did . If the current Owner can confirm the purchase and the country of residence that would be great. If the bolt that's on the rifle now was there when you owned it then it was a replacement - only 2 PH's that had the guide rib and tactical handle was the M85 and C3a1 - could be either.

Interesting history,

Ron (Canadaicon)
Ron, If that's the case then I'm fairly certain that the bolt on my old rifle was fitted by Parker Hale when they reworked the returned C3s into target rifles and/or M82's. IIRC the bolt had Birmingham 20T proof marks that matched those on the rifle and the style and position of the electro-stencilled serial on the bolt is exactly the same as on my other M82, so I'm convinced that the "tactical" style bolt was a PH factory fit during the rework. I think the M87 (used by UKicon police) also had that style of bolt handle.