Parker Hale M82 Serial number check.

[Gil Boyd]

Seymore,
Could you post an image of the serial number as there is no trace of it solely on the 15477. If it was an M82 its prefix would be an R, and it doesn't sound like you have anything that looks like that there.
If I have the image I will forward it onto one of the ex engineers at PH for his guidance.
Gil

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[seymore]

Gill,
I had another look at the serial number after applying some white chalk and it is in fact G-15477. The rifle has been coated in some type of light paint long ago making the prefix hard to make out. The barrel has a parkerised finish which also has remnants of the same finish.
Does the G prefix number show up anywhere? I will try and post some photos of my rifle soon.
Thanks Seymore

[Gil Boyd]

Seymore,
Sadly not, be of interest to see images of the rifle as it could be a "special" in some way, but I can ask the question once we have the images.
The G suffix was attributed to the C3A1 contract but placed after the number ie 00001G not at the start.
There are quite old Parker Hale African rifles which start H02302 so one has to assume soemwhere in the dim distant past a G could have been used, but there are absolutely none on the PH records, which I would have thought would have been logged.