Parker-Hale serial numbers - BP rifles only.

[tacfoley]

Was lucky enough to purchase recently an unfired Musketoon with Lyman mould, serial number 7288

Please tell David Minshall at Research Press - .http://www.researchpress.co.uk/

He is always on the lookout for P-H serials - yours has the air of being one of the last Musketoons made by P-H before the partial and then full sell-out.

0 - 9000 - completely made by Parker-Hale at the Golden Hillock road, Birmingham, factory.

9001 - 14000 - made by Euroarms with Parker-Hale barrels ready proofed in Birmingham, many P-H components and Italian wood.

Post 14001 - totally-made in Italy with Italian-made barrels made on P-H tooling.

[JB101]

FYI
10237 Musketoon
ATB
James

[tacfoley]

FYI
10237 Musketoon
ATB
James

No need to tell me, I'm just the messenger. Tell David Minshall on the address I posted above. Your Musketoon, BTW, was made in Italy using one of the remaining P-H barrels, and of the rest of the P-H parts, but with Italian woodwork. Note that ALL P-H barrels were Birmingham-proofed before they were passed on to the furriners for completion and eventual sale via Euroarms dealerships. After #14000 they are ALL Italian, and no longer can claim to be anything to do with P-H, unless you are a believer in homeopathy.