Thanks for the history. I wasn't even sure Ferlach wasn't in the Soviet block after the war ended. The name on the bottom of the action does appear to be Franc instead of Franz but I figured it was just a mis-stamp. Thanks for the explanation of that. I think it is an interesting gun and I like the way it handles. The sleeving doesn't bother me at all. I'm glad the sleeving stamp got pointed out because I hadn't seen it before and wondered where it had been sleeved, if not England...Geo