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Fudd Friday: Parker Hale Classic Hunting Rifles
These days, the British government has a reputation for being very anti-gun, but the United Kingdom was once a center of firearms manufacturing. Parker Hale was there for the best years of it, founded in 1890 by Alfred Gray Parker with his nephew Arthur Hale coming aboard as a partner in 1910. In their early years, Parker Hale focused on small-bore target rifles and accessories for competition shooting. There was an emphasis on this sport in the UK after the Boer War, where South African militias had held off British troops thanks to superior marksmanship. Parker Hale sold gadgets to help target shooters, but their business really took off when World War I opened up and the British military needed to train thousands of raw recruits. Parker Hale developed a .22LR conversion kit for the Lee-Enfield service rifle, and was soon producing them as quickly as possible for trainees.
