Parker Hale M85 Serial Number Checks & Provenance on Manufacture (Records)

[rgg_7]

The C3a1 serial number range is very helpful. The couple sn's I've got recorded are within this series.

I'm still trying to pin down the Parker Hale order for the Canadian DND C3's. C Law's book states trials out to Jun 1974. Further states trial was done with a 1200TX stacked up against a Winchester G7041, Carl Gustav CG63 ,L42A1 and FNC1A1 with various scopes and night vision combinations. Would have been great if C Law quoted his source. The nagging question is a) when was the order placed to Parker Hale b) when were these built c) delivered? The earliest spec sheet I have is 1975.

Ron(Canada)

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[Lee Enfield]

...snip...I'm still trying to pin down the Parker Hale order for the Canadian DND C3's. C Law's book states trials out to Jun 1974. Further states trial was done with a 1200TX stacked up against a Winchester G7041, Carl Gustav CG63 ,L42A1 and FNC1A1 with various scopes and night vision combinations. Would have been great if C Law quoted his source. The nagging question is a) when was the order placed to Parker Hale b) when were these built c) delivered? The earliest spec sheet I have is 1975.

Ron(Canada)

Clive did quote his sources for the C3 contract on Page 87 (WoW) footnotes 31 thru 36. (footnotes 32 & 33) where the treasury board objected to supplying "a professional killer's weapon" to reservists and cadets resulting in the reduction of 96 rifles intended for cadets, bringing the order to 334 rifles from the planned 484 (footnote 34)

footnotes 32 & 33 are shown as dating to 3 January 1975
footnote 34 is shown as 19 July 1974

[Gil Boyd]

Ron,
Have you tried a Freedom of Information approach or whatever you might call it over there to DND to perhaps provide you with that info?
Just a thought