Mad jock ... You're quite right. Some of the general pool were rattling bags of bolts. Neglected would be the understatement of the decade, as they were chucked into an ammo tin for conveyance to the Range for some random shooting and even worse cleaning.
Before I started buying my own, I had the fortune to be at a certain RAF Stn that held all the 'notional War stock' personal pistols for MoD officers ... Over 300 of them. With the cooperation of the SNCO i/c (a fellow Bisley shooter) I was allowed to trawl through the racks, and finally picked 3 good ones. They were then re-racked for my 'personal use'. I was then allowed to use the workshop to fettle them, which surprised the young armourers in there as this senior officer set to work with Arkansas stones and similar implements, after first fashioning from sheet copper the appropriate hold-back device (as per EMERs) to assist in stripping the hammer group. I was, of course, a paid up member of the Armoury coffee swindle
Dear Roger ... I suspect you may be long gone. A very nice man indeed.