What was the action on the Parker Hale 1000 Safari .375?

This particular one has the standard 3 positions Mauser "flag" safety.

(Also posted on "Big Bores").

Thanks!

To the best of my knowledge, Parker Hale had only used Santa Barbara actions. First they were military, then commercial. Their relationship goes back to the 60's, when Parker Hale stopped using Enfields. I would be curios to know whether your action has a full C-ring or the H style.

As a side note, the 3-postion (180 degree) military style safety in known as the wing style (flugel-sicherung in German). The side safeties, such as Winchester, are more commonly known as flag safeties (because they look like flags hanging from a pole)

Kurt,

Thanks. I'll check the ring and let you know. It's a .375 that I want to buy as a loaner and bush-beater, will make a working gun out of it but I want to make sure it's not one of the "hard" Santa Barbara that missed a step on heat treatment.

All guns sold in the UK must have passed British Proof Test. So your 375 will have been already subject to being tested with the firing of a round approximately 40% over standard working pressure. I would have no worry about it.