Ted--I doubt you can see daylight . . .but maybe. However, the Zabala in question was a NEW gun, not used. No excuse for piss poor fit like that on a new gun. You will find Brit guns with daylight like that, but not new . . . and I've never seen a W&S 700 with that particular issue. They're all post-WWII guns, so not all that old. And they're a lot nicer than your basic Spanish boxlock extractor gun. Which is one good thing about buying higher grade used guns: They're less likely to have been rode hard and put away wet.
The sidelock/boxlock debate could go on forever. One advantage to the hand detachable sidelock: You can remove the guts, without tools, in the event the gun gets wet and you want to make sure stuff on the inside isn't rusting. Probably one reason the Brits made so many of them.
