Re SKB vs W&S 700.
Chopperlumps,I think you may have the cart before the horse
The 700 was around since the early 50's a developement of earlier A&D Actions used by Scott who adopted them after the patent on the original Anson & Deeley action expired @ 1890.
A W&S engraver told me that when they got an order for 2 sample
guns from a Japanese trading company in the '60's they expected good business to follow. Instead SKB copied much of the action , including the Webley screw grip seen on earlier A&D actioned Scotts . I believe the SKB 100,200 etc series was introduced for the US @ 1970. I will concede that the machining on the SKB was generally better than a 1970 era 700.
The tooling was pretty worn out by then!
