Reply With QuoteHi John,
Can I ask where you got it from? I am looking for a BP rifle.
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Been looking for a good, Birmingham made, Parker Hale 'Volunteer' 3 band rifle for ages. Finally picked one up at the weekend. Haven't fired it yet - work intruded, as ever. Roll on next weekend!
A few pics:- http://s638.photobucket.com/albums/uu105/JohnB357/
Only a cheap camera, so pic quality not brilliant.
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Hi John,
Can I ask where you got it from? I am looking for a BP rifle.
Frank
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Hi Frank.Originally Posted by Effigy
Got it from Fenland Rural Sports, Warboys, Nr. Huntingdon. First time I've been there and very impressed - well stocked, well laid out shop and very helpful staff. Several M/L rifles in stock.
If you go on to the Guntrader web site and do a dealer search you can see their (Fenlands) stock list.
Best of luck!
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Nice one John.
Best be carefull the wind dont change or you will be stuck with that big grin forever.
“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?” :- Prince Philip said after Dunblane
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Firdt session with the rifle today - basically to make sure it went bang when told to. It does.
Only powder I had to hand was Triple 7 FFFG (that I use in my revolver) and for 'ammuinition' used patched round ball - not ideal as the rifle is made for 'bullets'. I was shooting at 50m
Tried (by weight) 30g, 35g & 40g of powder. 35 seemed to shoot the sweetest. Initially gun shot about 18" to the right and over a foot high. Sights are adjustable for windage but elevation already on lowest setting so looks like I'm going to have to aim low.
Tried 1 shot with 55g 'proper' black and a 480g cast bullet supplied by another member - again, way high at 50m
So, more 'development' work to do yet. Now I can get the shots onto the target next I'll try for a group - ran out of time today.
Waiting on the paperwork for 'proper' BP and a supply of heavy bullets. Patched round ball and 777 meantime.
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bent barrels will do that John.
joking
interested to see how it performs at 100 or more.
“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?” :- Prince Philip said after Dunblane
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Hello John, I have the two banded parker Hale in .577, beautiful rifles, and a lot of fun to shoot. obviously no jokes on this section. Sorry
Regards Ray
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