Thanks for your imput Diggory.

Oddly, within ten minutes of posting yesterday I was offered a Stensby of Manchester hammer gun. One barrel in proof and the other 1 thou. out. It would have required too much other cosmetic work to make it viable. A plain back action sort.

The way round it, as Dig mentions, is to buy the stock and action and have the barrels sent to a Registered Firearms Dealer for repair. Marry the lot together and have the gun sorted and re-proofed. Dig is a RFD so can legally take them in without breaking the law. I have to skirt around it by the above method but it is often a way of getting a bargin and making a small profit. This has to be weighed against the risk though. Lagopus.....