I have a friend
That I went to college with in the 60's. He transferred away to another school and he was aware that I was loading for a .243. Actually it was a Remington Model 600.
He ended up buying a Parker Hale in .243 and asked me to load some hunting rounds for him. You should consider that these were college days in the 60's and we didn't have much money. I did load up some near maximum 100gr. loads and his correspondence was very favorable towards the rifle and the hand loads. He had bought his rifle used so I have no idea when it was built.
What I do know is he still has the rifle, he's now a retired Colonel from the US Army and he is still hunting with the rifle. He has not used my hand loads for at least 45 years.
This seems to me to be a favorable comment for Parker Hale.