Thanks Jim,the metal case is already on the list, I usually wear a PACE recoil pad so that softens the recoil a lot and I like "all butt skeleton plates" as recoil pads always look scruffy to me. Scope will be on the H&H detachable mount and will be a 1.5-5 X 24 of a make to be determined though I am leaning towards a Leupld VXIII since I cant tell the optical difference between that and a Schmidt and Bender at 3 times the price !