Thank you Jay for posting the photos for me. I took this 'farm implement' grade Hellis to my gunsmith for lubricating the internals. I was shocked with what we found when he took the gun to pieces. All of the internals were polished to a very high level. All of the springs, including the top lever spring were of the leaf spring variety and very robust. With all this in mind, I think the British boxlock is an excellent value......this gun is somewhere in the approx $1500-$2000 price range (or at least i wouldn't take any less than that). Try buying a vintage 'classic' American gun made as well as this gun for that money.

Socialism is almost the worst.