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just in case anybody here either has a Parker-Hale repro rifle, or one of the Euroarms 'follow-ons' and might wonder what the actual serial numbers of each might be. Reason is that over here in yUK there is still a lot of confunglement about who made what and when, to the point that there are advertisements on the gun trade pages claiming Parker-Hale manufacture that are not actually so.
Here, from the MLAGB archives of 2010, is the skinny on serial numbers -
ALL rifles and Musketoons - two band, three band and Whitworth - ALL calibres, that is to say, both .577/.58" and .451"
- 0000 to ~9000 were made in Birmingham
~9000 to 14000 Birmingham barrels, rest made in Italy
>14000 Italian made.
Hope this helps to clear it all up.
Here, from the MLAGB archives of 2010, is the skinny on serial numbers -
ALL rifles and Musketoons - two band, three band and Whitworth - ALL calibres, that is to say, both .577/.58" and .451"
- 0000 to ~9000 were made in Birmingham
~9000 to 14000 Birmingham barrels, rest made in Italy
>14000 Italian made.
Hope this helps to clear it all up.