Thanks for your kind comments gentlemen.
...and for the info on correctly headstamped Hornady brass Waidmannsheil. Will definitely get some of those! Currently using S&B and they don't inspire...

Since this is an archive, I attempted better photos of the barrel engraving, with limited success. Definitely need a better camera!

...and the one line of 'non-British' text we still like to see on these delightful British stalking rifles:

Still haven't gotten to the range yet, waterfowl season is in full swing and my mates would rather we fed the mozzies at the local goose swamp than bang away over a chronograph.

Maybe this weekend...