Quote Originally Posted by jimmytwobikes View Post
Many thanks to you all for your comments, I have been round various gunshops since I started this post and looked at all the guns suggested, Whilst i would love to buy them all, I cant afford it. I have got it down to the ultra or the contour S6, what I think is going to sway me is the lack of a barrel band on the ultra. In my opinion a bent barrel waiting to happen. I am going to see a fella in Surrey on Saturday who has a contour for sale. It has a right handed stock but a left handed action, not sure how I will get on with it, but he has kindly offered to let me have a look with no commitment. Watch this space!!
Don't be deterred by the lack of a band, free floating barrels are good!
Plus the Ultras barrel is sturdy enough and well enough seated that anything that hit it hard enough to bend the barrel would do it band or no.