Marrakai,
No offence taken - I rather construed your 'abrubtness' being a result of hurry.

Thanks for the info. I'll continue with my digging. I'll let you know if something comes up.

Someone said in another forum that Rodda bore rifles might have been made by Tolley. I guess, I try to get some evidence from that clue next. This "examination" of mine is, however, a bit sporadic - family of seven + two dogs + old house + busy job, they all take care of that.

Recarding your thread hijacking, I never noticed such a thing happening. To my mind we kept this very well under the given topic.

Regards,
Saku