Jim, you're butting in and blowing this whole thing way out of proportion when it had nothing to do with you in the first place. Perhaps I could've worded that first comment a bit different but felt Peter would understand what I was getting at by remembering the hand written comment he added on the back of the worksheet when repairing my L1A1 scope a year ago.
If Peter doesn't want to do restorations anymore that's his prerogative and his services will be greatly miss but we No.32 owners would expect such an announcement to come from him, not you.
Paul87buick, my apologies for wrecking your thread, that was not my intent.