Thanks T-Bone.

Im not sure its going to be as easy as that, by chance i had the the trigger guard screw loosened and noticed that the foreend will see saw around the action, using the top of the copper plates as the fulcrum. When the front trigger guard screw is tightened it lifts the receiver away from the draws and leaves the barrel floating a ,=mm or so from the barrel channel. If you loosen the front guard screw and place upard pressure on the fore end behind the trigger it pivots back and lifts the barrel 4-5 mm from the barrel channel.

In either scenario, there still appears to be a gap between the fore end and the buttstock socket, in fact when the front trigger guard screw is tightened, you can see light through it (No idea how to close that up)

Perhaps filing down the top of the draws and copper plates may be in order? If its no good, i'll be chiselling it out anyway and replacing as per peters article.