Iike most people who are interested in this case I have doubts either way. One of those doubts is this. Why would anyone anyone interested in a rifle for sports remove the sights? The silencer I can accept that under certain circumstances it could be more of a hindrance than a help. But why remove the sights which apparently take a bit of setting up? Did Bamber want to be like a cowboy gallopping around on his bike shooting into the air as he rode into town?
What possible reason would he have to remove the sights of a rifle unless it was for overhauling or cleaning the weapon?
Reading a police statement interviewing david boutflour he states "In fact the two guns (5) above where broken down into their component parts therefore it could not be loaded" he is talking about the shotguns also at WHF. Why leave a gun in its component parts? cleaning the inside of the gun after use maybe? who knows. It seems everything was put away neatly the silencers and scope where all in the manufactures packaging. I doubt the gun would fit upright in the cupboard with the silencer anyway the cupboard was three feet eight inches tall, though it could probably fit diagonally.
