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

[Reecy]

Well I'm very interested in the M85 horsey poo info you have Gill

Gil

I have some pictures of the M85 with a sniper cheek piece, I will dig it out and send it over to you

From memory it doesn't look like a very attractive piece but I am sure that it would do the job

Regards

Reecy

[Simon]

Yep, I'm always on the lookout for Rocking Horse Poo and Hens Teeth.

[phm87]

Hi Gil,
In your first post you mention a "M85 MOD Hybrid"
Do you have any info on this and or pics?
Just wondering as I`m intrigued.
Glen.

[Gil Boyd]

Hi Glen,

Sadly not in the pile of literature and files I have, but it is mentioned a couple of times in the "manufacturing booking in and out bibles" of which there are two. It refers to rounds and barrels.

It refers to several stainless steel barrels fitted to M85's for trials as requested by ITDU Warminster as well as a 300 WIN as a consideration. All were returned to PH and there are no further comments as to why they were built and Bill can't remember why either. Special projects for special tasks, Peter L may have an idea!

[Peter Laidler]

Maybe Col Mike T could pass comment Gil. I spoke re the enigmatic brackets and he referred me to Capt Steve X. Saw them both last week too!

[Cold_Zero]

Build done. There are a couple of pictures of a real one hiding...

Scope(MST-100) coming later this month.



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Sniper teams from 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (5 CMBG) practice on a shotting range at the Gagetown Garrison training area (N. B.) for Exercise LION INTREPIDE.

Photo by : Cpl Sebastien Grimard
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[Gil Boyd]

Did you fit the cheek rest yourself, just interested at the moment as I was given a few butt cheek retainers for the M85 which are rarer now then hens teeth?

[Cold_Zero]

was fitted by the vendor many moons ago.

[Gil Boyd]

Nice pratical job there, with all the vertical and lateral movement built in that is needed in the ooloo.

The PH version was purely a lump of shaped wood, with an alloy plate inserted in amongst the butt adjustment pads with a hole on the top where the bolt went through to the block of wood, and Eddy Taff the senior Engineer at Parker Hale, simply put another bolt straight down from above into the top of the plastic Mc Millan butt.

Probably a reason why none were ever sold with the rifle...............sad but true! Can't find any drawings of the fit anywhere which for hitories sake would be good.

[Cold_Zero]

C3A1 in the desert? The link below places the photos at Kandahar, 2002.

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Photograph by: Cpl Lou Penney, 3 PPCLI Battle Group

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