Marrakai, thank you for inviting me to join "The Club"; I feel deeply honoured and if you PM your postal address then I will make sure that a case of beer is delivered to that address so that you can quench Mike's thirst the next time he will pay you a visit!

All, the Swarovski Z3 3-9x36 was in fact a non-starter; I thought this Z3 total length was below 30 cm / 11,811 in but in fact it is 30,8 cm / 12,125 in. This is slightly longer than the Khales 39S2, which is already too long for the L46 scope rail. I'll keep therefore the Swarovski 4x32 for the time being.

Daryl, thank you for this recollection and useful background information!

Igorrock, you were 'the man' of the project; thank you again!

Louis