ABSOLUTELY NO NEED TO APOLOGISE WHATSOEVER MY FRIEND. I POSTED MY POST AS I ACTUALLY THOUGHT I HAD BEEN TOO TIGHT WHICH (AFTER SLEEPING ON IT) I BELIEVE I WAS , AND IN NO WAY DID I MEAN TO EMBROIL YOU (WHICH WAS WHY I DIDN'T INCLUDE YOUR NAME, OR LAKEY'S). WOULD APPEAR WE MAY HAVE BOTH BEEN OFF CENTRE ON THIS ONE HOWEVER , BUT ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL. BESIDES, AS YOU (QUITE RIGHTLY) TURNED DOWN MY OFFER LAST NIGHT, IT MEANT THAT THIS VERY AFTERNOON I WAS ABLE TO AGREE TO BY A MINT (AND I MEAN LAKEY'S DEFINITION OF MINT) BOXED MkI .177 BSA MERCURY-S TO GO WITH MY MkII .177 MERCURY-S THAT I BOUGHT LAST MONTH (BUT MAY NOW SELL AS TWO IS AN EXTRAVIGANCE ). ATB ALL: GARETH W-B.