Got a chance to P/U a Parker Hale 1200 30/06

[Brother_Love]

Anyone have experience with them. It is on a Mauser action and looks to be a good cast bullet candidate.
Thanks, Malcolm

 

[Ben]

Fine rifles.

Ben

 

[Josh]

Friend has one, he loves it and he hates the 30/06.

 

[Brother_Love]

This one looks almost new but is minus the rear folding sight. He wants $350. What do you think? I know I can get a new plastic stock BA cheaper but I don 't like them (even though I have a couple of them).

 

[Josh]

Anytime you can buy a nice sporter that is in good shape for the same price you can buy a "budget rifle" of today I call that a deal. My buddy got this one for $300

 

[fiver]

BUY,BUY,BUY.
I passed on a 7x61 Schulz and Larsen then got to the other end of town and come to my senses.
the pawn shop owner come to his too [I think after he seen me carefully looking the rifle over to see why it was so cheap] and had pulled it from the shelf in the mean time.

 

[Brother_Love]

I am getting it tomorrow. Thanks

 

[Brother_Love]

I got it! I need to polish the bolt and replace the rear sight even though I will be using a scope.

 

[Josh]

Does that receiver have the thumb cut for stripper clips? Parker Hale used surplus K98's in the beginning but transitioned to a commercial receiver later in production. The original K98 Parker Hales seem to bring close to $600, that is a good looking rifle.

 

[Brother_Love]

Thanks, I really like it and hope it is a shooter! No thumb cut.

 

[Brother_Love]

I am thinking seriously about sending this rifle to JES and turn it into a 35 Whelen. Then I think I should buy a cheaper Ruger American to have re-bored.

 

[Josh]

I am thinking seriously about sending this rifle to JES and turn it into a 35 Whelen. Then I think I should buy a cheaper Ruger American to have re-bored.

I have a barrel in 30-06 that isn't worth a darn, it is also big enough in diameter to be bored up to 375 caliber. I was talking to the old man, and sometimes he has good ideas, his advice to me after seeing JES's website was to have it bored 338-06, then later 35 Whelen, then later 9.3x62, and lastly 375-06.

His idea was you could out play/shoot out a barrel 4 times before it was junk.