Parker Hale......C3 prototype?????

[Lee Enfield]

Your rifle is an M.84 which was a dedicated single shot target rifle.

While it isn't a prototype "C3", it does belong to the M84/M86/M87/C3A1family.

Someone has removed the safety lever from the trigger.

Interesting that the J is a prefix, and that the top rail of the receiver is NOT marked with Parker Hale M84.

Your rifle may be a Pre Production or prototype M84, "Gil Boyd" might be able to tell us if he had the full serial number.

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here is an add for the M87 (the 'doner' C3A1 action) & M84 and a pic of my M84, built into a magazine fed rifle by our own RWSGunsmithing


As a side note:
The M85 action, while fitting into the model sequence (and definitely related) is more of a parallel development.