Pssssssst Daveboy and I'll let you into a secret. Come a bit closer because I don't want too many people to share it........ If you want the REAL McCoy of the rifle stripped to white metal, phosphateed and then painted in the genuine UKicon MoD spec paint that's been original since the rifles were made, then oil dipped so that it'll last another lifetime away rom the hot stinking steamy swamp ridden jungles and mangrove swamps of Malaya, then send it to Brian Dickicon at BDLicon.