I've only encountered one in person. It was in .243 Winchester. I don't know why they're so rare down here in the states. I have back-issues of Gun Digest from the sixties and seventies along with back-issues of "Guns & Ammo" and "American Rifleman" and there are several articles about the Parker-Hale rifles. Many advertisements as well. Maybe they just didn't import the rifles in large numbers. Maybe more of them went to Canada.
I think the reason why folks think it's such a high-end rifle is mostly due to the fact that it's British. Many believe that if it's a British made rifle or shotgun than it's basically a Holland & Holland or a Westley-Richards.
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