Thanks for your comments fellas. According to Ball Spain purchased 12,000 of these LLCo crested rifles as a fill in between the '94 & '96 purchases of Spanish crested M93's. With the exception of the '93 type bolt they are essentially the same version supplied to the Boers/ZAR. I guess the Cuban insurgency was heating up and more weapons were needed? Patrick I read your thread on cleaning techniques and found it very informative. I think those methods might be too invasive for this rifle though. I've thoroughly cleaned and lubed the bolt and will just take the action out of the stock to check its condition and then gently clean & remount. The stock will just get a wipedown to remove surface dirt. The bore is excellent and I hope she proves to be a good shooter. Smellie I don't load but a good friend does. A while back we came across a cache of very old FN 7mm. The cases were corroded but he pulled the bullets and mated them with new cases and that's what we've been using since with good results in Spanish, Chileanicon & Serbian rifles. They are flat bottomed and round nosed but I don't know their weight.

Best regards,
Len