Hi Micky,
The bent probe was required due to the unique loading breech arrangement on the Improved Model Britannia. Needless to say, I don't have such a probe but am still able to load my Improved Britannia satisfactorily. The trick is to leave the breech spotlessly clean and use quality clean pellets such as H&N FTT.
Kind regards,
John
As concidence has it, there is a spanner on that auction site. The seller has included a very detailed and honest description. Be interesting to see what it fetches..
John