great gun, not what I have waiting for, if making in france I think its 450BPE 3,25".
You know that this round isnt a dangerous game round, it was loaded in france from Gevelot till W W2.
German gunwriters around 1880 thinking it was unnecessary strong for hunting and will only give EXPRESS RECOIL.
But in territorys with dangerous game like the south-east border of the old austrian-hungary monarchy with bears and very big wild boars they had have friends.
Look for the Collath Double rifle under classic guns just now.
The famous hunter and writer August von Spieß started his career with a double rifle and a drilling in 450 BPE, comes in trouble with a bear because an reloaded round, fired before in the double rifle , stick in the chamber of the drilling and he wasnt able to remove it from the chamber or close the gun and fire.
In this times it wasnt usual to resize the fired case and chamber dimension differ from gun to gun.
My belive is that the 450 3,25" was developt for long rang hunting in scottland. Its only a theory but the open areas in the highlands need a blackpowder round so powerful as it can make.
I see no difference between deer stalking in scotland and long range paper punching, these are to sides of a medal.