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I have a very nice looking Parker-Hale Model 1200 Super 270Win what are they worth?

Had one Once Upon a Time in the West, a 270 also.

I imagine they're worth $600-$800 tops today in pristine shape.

MM

I asked the same question awhile back. Got alot more reponse, thought you'd like to have a look.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...arker_Hale_Firearms_What_do_y#Post749611

Your question had a broader perspective than "what is it worth", hence your answers .

Parker-Hale bolt-action hunting rifles are marvelous pieces and would cost a bunch to make and sell these days.

Dennis

Their market value is about the same as most any other commercial Mauser actioned sporter in the same general condition. Very good, but not great guns.

The actions were excellent but the barrels were rough. They whot a lot better when rebarreled. Some of the stocks were really nice on the 1200.

I have one of the ones made in England in .270 Winchester.....love the gun - it shoots great (right around an inch @ 100yds with 130 grain factory remington core-lokts), seems to be well made, looks pretty nice (if you like the "weatherby" look so popular in the 60s and 70s), and handles well. Watched Gunbroker and it seems like, if your patient, one can get some really good deals on these at times

I dispute the barrels being rough as a matter of course..I'm pretty sure that P-H made barrels in the white for Rigby at one stage and in latery ears there was certainly nothing wrong with the barrels on the P-H M85 sniper rifle..

In fact P-H were know for the quality of their barrels:

"Large scale horizontal forging machines, the first all-British barrel cold forging systems in the world, were actually designed by Parker-Hale. Together with several GFM cold forging machines and double spindle deep hole drillers, the company's machining capability for producing a perfectly finished bore to extremely fine tolerances is legendary."

There are lot of them in Canada,they don't have much resale value.A M-700 has twice the resale value.Everyone boasts about their accuracy so those English barrels are good.I have looked at them as a canoe rifle.

Thats pretty much how they were viewed over here, ie a good solid working grade gun, usually accurate and reliable but not too refined..

I'm not an expert on P-H rifles but I believe the actions were various surplus Mausers from different sources...Because of that, certain models of P-H are more desirable than others.

The sad thing is that if you think about quality relative to what is available today, things like Tikka T3, SakoA7 ect, P-H actually stack up pretty good due to the old fashioned materials and build methods..They will never be as nice as say an early Sako, but they are not bad at all especially for what they typically sell for (or used to- to a certain degree, they're getting collectble over here...)

Regards,

Peter

PH bbls were typically 4 land bbl's.

My wife had a 1200 super Clip with the bbbl chopped to 22" no trouble getting 3050FPS+ out of 130's. A 1 gr off of max load of H450 yeilded 3115fps.