Hi All,
Funny I should see this as I am presently playing with a new acquistion a Parker-Hale 1200C in 25-06. Paid a bit more than your talking about but it has beautiful wood and came with std Leupold 1" rings on a one piece base and a spare magazine. Found it on the Guntrader site and got it sent down to my "local" dealer (only 30 miles away instead of a 4 hour drive):-
I robbed a scope off a BSA Suprsport Five to try it with, a Simmons 6-18x40AO Air Gun Competition scope but have since replaced it with a new Simmons Aetec Master Series in 2.8-10x44WA and have been working a few handloads:-
This is the one I have settled on for now, five shots in 0.780", but as one group does not make a good load a few more will be shot to verify it's good. POI has been changed now
it was shooting 1" high and central before this change to the load a different bullet seating depth and one grain extra in powder charge moved the POI 3"
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I also have a nice P-H 1100 Lwt in .308 and it shoots very well if I do my part:-
Three shots of the Hornady 130 grn SP
the ringed holes above were an old load using the Speer 200 grain bullet which this rifle didn't like.
The 1100 Lwt. And finally this was shot with a 6mm Rem P-H 1200V:-
A better shot than I could probably tighten them up even more.
I would have to disagree with the P-H being rough
OK they not in the same class as the Mannlicher Schoenauer or Mdl 1892 but then few rifles are
The BSA's are also smoother and slicker in the bolt but the Parker-Hales are quite OK. This 1200C in 25-06 is very slick the 1100 Lwt is also as too is the 1200V. The roughest of them I have tried was a mid 1980's 1200 Super in 7.92mm that was brand new straight out of the box and the stock inletting also left something to be desired but I think this came from the take over period? so quality obviously dipped them. This later 1200C is much better in all departments