R.B.Rodda retailed guns made by others, mainly from the Birmingham trade, and on the balance of probability, most often by Webley & Scott.

The advertised rifle is perhaps a half-pound on the heavy side for a .400, and not a lot of makers included 'heavy side-bolsters' on their medium-bores. Sound like a very desirable double though, bit of a mystery why it would be passed in.

Not a peep about bore condition in the published description, perhaps that's it...