Bell practice tonight, and a team member brought one of these he found recently at a Militaria fair locally.

Serial number is 162*** (six digits), metalwork 85-90%, good unblemished screws, and complete original sights including diopter rubber. Super accurate, but the stock checkering has lost it's sharpness a tad to be picky.

It's not for sale, but I guessed it to be Late 50's / early 60's (don't know why, just a gut feel), and told him he had got a screaming bargain as I thought it to be worth £200-250.

These were guesses really as I am not up on these, but it was such a nice thing I thought that would be ballpark.

Am I miles off???

I will put you out of your misery later with what the jammy so and so paid, even Johnbaz will be green

ATB,

ED