I "get" that there are better guns available today for whatever the Howdah can do. Hell there are better guns available for what a Double Rifle can do; but we still choose and covet a fine DR. The the Howdah has a certain mystique that calls to a few of us (just a few). Theres no good reason for it, we dont "need" it; but a few of us "want" it.

So its a case of we want what we cant have, or at least cant have exactly what we want. We can come close. We can search for and maybe find an original; but then what, or we can opt for a modern made muzzleloader which isnt a bad representation of an original, or chose the only cartridge version available, which admittedly has less visual connection to the original then we would want.

Im not sure there are any other options. My choice is to continue the search for an original, and enjoy the Pedersoli ML and 45/410 for what they are...