Curl,

Bit hard when there is zero after sales service communication.

No there was no difference in terms, was talking to the guys at Trijicon for most of the world except for USA, and pretty much no result. ie see the paragraph above - the supply of one just petered out ...

The two guys there were and are personal acquaintances and friends. One or both (?) are members here. I don't blame them at all, as I have heard how things "work" in that company. I don't think either works there anymore ?

No, I'm not interested in a picatinny rail on a comibination set of barrels or a double rifle. Even a cheap pne.

I do have a base of sorts to try. I'm not going to go into the details of the discussion I had with a dealer in the USA and that it may have problems holding on well. But at least this member helped out with a possible option.