Hi Ulverston, i too wanted one of these rifles in 1980 ,s i can remember asking local gun shop to order one for me. He came back to me after several weeks of trying and giving up!, this was probably just before Norman May went under. I now have a nice model 2 bought of this forum(thanks slug gun) just got it back from Gerry from South Africa at my club, he raves over it and i agree one of the best rifles in my collection. If you cant find a 420 try a400/401 or like me a model 2. Its recoil is so lite its almost like shooting a match rifle !. Ok its not powerful but i thought actually hitting a target is morre important than denting it!. atb