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Originally Posted by morinj
I looked at a Parker Hale one day and bang for the buck it looked and felt like a pretty great rifle, never had a chance to shoot it tho, but heard good things! Maybe another member could elaborate!
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The only Parker Hale I ever owned did not leave me with a favorable impression of them. I had to take the trigger apart and do some very careful filing to get the safety to work properly. The Santa Barbera action was the roughest, most sloppy Mauser I've ever owned, and one had to drive a pin out of the action somewhere to remove it from the stock IIRC... that rifle never even made it to the range. I was too worried that it would either shoot so good I'd have to keep it, or so poorly I couldn't sell it in good conscience.