Park RH93 in .22

[Dai.T]

Please could someone please give me a rough value for a Park RH93 in .22 Cal
It’s in mint condition with the metal work 10/10 and the wood work is 9.9/10 with one tiny mark in the walnut thumb hole stock. It shoots superbly although it’s a bugger to cock! Not a rifle you want to use for a prolonged plinking session.
Thanks in advance.

[Geezer]

£450?

I really claim no great knowledge, but here is a start.

[Muskett]

Parks were made in low numbers with the walnut thumbhole stock. There were several finishes from matt to gloss blued. The 93 had the safety catch.
I sold a .177 only a few months ago for £650, which I regret. Near mint then I wouldn't sell one for less; if the truth be known they are worth more.
The market hasn't woken up to the fact that first they shoot so well, second few were made and made to such a high quality, three the walnut are rare. They were high cost when first made and should demand a high price now.

Now I'm shooting myslf in the foot as if I had the desposable income handy this year I'd be buying any I could find. They are worth every bit a Venom and made in similar numbers; shoot better too.

[Shed tuner]

.22 beech, good condition, I sold for £350 recently. Walnut thumbhole, defo £100 maybe £150 more. Mint, maybe another £50-£100. So I guess around £550.

[Huttles94]

Im lucky enough to have been given a RH93 .22 from my Grandfather. Now I would never sell it due to this. But if I were to sell it, I would not even think about letting it go for anything less than £550. And mine is the standard stock (no thumb hole). The are great rifles and built to an insane degree, which was probably their downfall since they were so expensive for a springer back then. Mine is serial number 1109 and I have never seen one in the 2 thousands so Id say they are very rare. I believe the .177 command a higher price since they are rarer, but I much prefer the .22. Mine is easy to cock and trigger pull is spot on, just that it is a very heavy rifle and once a scope is on, well it gives you a decent work out

[Dai.T]

Thanks for the most interesting replies guys.
The rifle is fun to shoot and is exceptionally accurate. I only put some H&N FTT through it quickly yesterday as it was all I had to hand, it shot lovely ragged one hole groups. I’ll be most interested when I come to test other pellets through it.
I’ll take some photos later today and try and put them up here. I think this one will be a keeper.

[Dai.T]

[Hsing-ee]

Parks were made in low numbers with the walnut thumbhole stock. There were several finishes from matt to gloss blued. The 93 had the safety catch.
I sold a .177 only a few months ago for £650, which I regret. Near mint then I wouldn't sell one for less; if the truth be known they are worth more.
The market hasn't woken up to the fact that first they shoot so well, second few were made and made to such a high quality, three the walnut are rare. They were high cost when first made and should demand a high price now.

Now I'm shooting myslf in the foot as if I had the desposable income handy this year I'd be buying any I could find. They are worth every bit a Venom and made in similar numbers; shoot better too.

I had one as well Muskett, but the idea of them is always better than the reality. They are very heavy for the power output, and being a hey-diddle-diddle-squeeze-air-in-the-middle inefficient design, very heavy to cock. The big disappointment is the trigger which is just OK - why Roy didn't copy the Rekord I cannot imagine. The TX200SR is more accurate and very soft to cock, and when all is said, the ProSport or TX200HC matches/exceeds the Park for accuracy without the complication and extra weight. You did the right thing to sell yours on at that price.

A Park with a Rekord/CD trigger and some weight saving like using a timing belt instead of a chain and maybe an alloy cocking lever would be interesting, but the cylinder-under the barrel setup will never get good efficiency.

The design is still a piece of genius though!

[Muskett]

I agree there are less heavy and other mousetraps that are better rifles in so many ways, but on pure build quality and the numbers actually made they are rare. Some models so very few made.
Build Quality.
Accurate, will give a PCP a run for its money.
Ingenious design.
British gun making at its quirky and best.
Factory made not one off customs.
Very low numbers made.
No more will ever be made.


It makes the Air Logics and BSA Centenaries look common.

I still own a Park 92 .177, without the safety catch, and beech light weight stock. I find the trigger more than acceptable. That I wouldn't sell, though they were made in reasonable numbers but still not many.
Again if I had the desposable income I'd buy up as many as I could. The future question will be what size collectors market is there? Where does spring rifle era stop and PCP take over. The Parks are one of the last throws of the spring power plant and equal to the very best of the Theobens. Theobens were done in much higher numbers and starting to regain a premium.

Any Park collector could get away with three examples to cover actions, calibre, finishes, and stocks. Then have that marque covered. Trying to find them is the tricky bit.

[joffy]

Oh I'd love that stock on mine