Thanks guys.
There are no plans to change anything on the rifle. When my mate told me about the slight leak from the filler he mentioned it would be easy enough to change it to another type…… I told him not to touch it and to leave as is because any potential buyer would be put off by any non original parts on it, and it would most deff’ have a detrimental effect on the value…..

Once I’ve been able to have a good look over it myself and am able to verify the condition is as appears in the pics so far and am comfortable putting my name to it, so to speak, it looks like I’ll be advertising it here on his behalf. If I go that route I’ll make sure to get a lot more, and better quality pictures to accompany the ad’. Anyone in the know care to advise me of any particular areas that are of more interest or need more detailed photo’s please? Also if there are any specific areas that might need checking due to wear’n’tear etc’???

Obviously I want to help my mate out, and also although not my cuppa ( but I wouldn’t refuse if someone wanted to give me one 🤣🤣 ) I can appreciate it’s quite a collectors piece nowadays so want to do my best to do right by the buyer.

Thanks again