I picked it up on Tuesday, and have now started work on it, a big restoration, its been sat in a loft for 30 years, but externally just dirty, inside the seals are putty!

The action is out, and will go to a specialist for reseal.

The stock is a superb figured walnut, and its come up nicely, it was the first into the UK and it was for a GB team shooter, so perhaps they picked out a nice one. I've scrubbed the stock with soapy water to get off the years of handling, and done one coat of Danish oil. I will just fine wire wool it down when it hardens. I'm rebuilding the special built up cheek piece to how it was, then its just replacing some of the stickers, I have some original ones, and some I made for the replica copied from originals.

The action in it is not actually the first one in the UK, they did originally give her that, but it failed at the British Championships at Cardiff later that first year, during a shoot, so they switched the action with the one off their stand, and she continued the shoot, and qualified!! Good old days, when manufacturers had stands at our championships! So this one, same year, but was a month or so newer! But it is the one she then shot with for 7 years internationally and won with it, and later sold when she changed to a Walther.

But strangely by a twist of fate we also now have that original action that failed at the championships as well, very spooky, but that's another story!

I'm restoring the case as well, the international stickers on that tell a story as well, another spooky thing, the case has two locks, now having changed hands after she sold it and 40 years, the key had long gone, but in our old key box (every one has one!!), I found the spare key!!!!

It will take a while now, but I'll keep you informed when its done and see if some one can post pics of the final finished product.

Thanks every one who has helped, its been a ten year labour that has now come to fruition.

Have Fun
Robin