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

[Gil Boyd]

Oh well the entry must have been entered into the register wrong.......no worries, I take it everything else recorded is correct?
Great piece of sniper rifle history and doing nothing but going up in price!!

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[Bomber]

Thanks again for all the info!

[Gil Boyd]

Hi Simon,
There were actually no differences at all. Both had large 2ba scope block holes in the rear bridge and 6 x 42 holes in the front scope block. Neither the M82 or the 1200TX were marked M82 or 1200TX. The only markings would appear on the barrel of the TX, which said simply:
Parker Hale Birmingham "1200 TX"
Hope that helps
Gil

[Simon P]

Hi Simon,
There were actually no differences at all. Both had large 2ba scope block holes in the rear bridge and 6 x 42 holes in the front scope block. Neither the M82 or the 1200TX were marked M82 or 1200TX. The only markings would appear on the barrel of the TX, which said simply:
Parker Hale Birmingham "1200 TX"
Hope that helps
Gil

Cheers Gill

Have been offered a M82 fitted with a Khales Scope, but didn't want to pay over the odds for a standard 1200TX that some one had built up.

Regards Simon