Parker Hale Ltd. was a United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 firearms, air rifle and firearms accessory manufacturer, located in the Gun Quarter

Gun Quarter

The Gun Quarter is the name given to an area of the city of Birmingham, in England, traditionally associated with the manufacture of firearms and sporting guns such as shotguns and Double barreled shotguns. The area is to the north of the city centre, bounded by Steelhouse Lane, Shadwell Street...

 of the city of Birmingham, England. It was originally founded by Alfred Gray Parker and Arthur Hale. Parker-Hale Limited began manufacturing high quality precision shooting accessories in the heart of the gun-making quarter in the year 1880. The founder, Alfred Gray Parker, was a well-known rifleman of the 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment and recognised the need for the supply of shooting aids to his fellow shooters.
The business had developed slowly up to the turn of the 20th century, when Mr Parker decided to invite his nephew Alfred Thomas Corbyn Hale to become a partner.