G'day John,
now the bad news, today I rang the shop were I had my order and deposit for the 45/70 only to find the saga continues. Apparently baikal have now decided that the USA will get them first and we have to wait for probably 12 more months. I had pretty well decided to go for the 9.3 anyway, after hearing the advise from you blokes on this site. I thought briefly about the Fabarm in 9.3, which looks nice, but now for about the same sort of money I am looking at a 9.3 Baikal o/u and a 16 bore cape gun. I first looked at the cape a couple of years ago but didn't go ahead with it, but just found out that it is still available. That should hold off my desire for a sxs for a year or 2, when hopefully I can spend a bit more mony.

All the best, Ian.