Go for it.

But.....

Why not a sort of easier and Bigger Bore job? A bit more "Howdah-ish"? Like, I've always thot a simple 12 gauge shotgun SBS'd and fitted with a pistol grip would be a really interesting gun to play around with. Load it with 2" 12-bore round ball loads and a 1 ounce charge of BB's would probably take out a Burmese python there in the jungle of your Florida backyard, too.

We're running pretty low on tigers here in Idaho, but with you guys overrun by Burmese pythons, Georgia struggling with snakeheads and pigs now reported headed our way from the Canada/Montana border, I figure it is highly possible a few someones have let slip a pair or three of Siberian cats and in a generation, for sure my grandkids will be facing possible attack on horserides through our ventenata-infested mountains.

Having said that, what we have more and more of right now is another form of vermin, grizzly, which are expanding their range and now in ours, tho the full-load round balls or 3" mag Brennekes might be the preferred load for them.

Anyway, best to be prepared and keep us posted on the progress whichever route you take.