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...but, it wasn't
until the 1950's that there was a bolt action replacement for
the .450 NE - correct?(wildcats, of course were available)

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Exactly!
Which I find very odd.
The 450 3-1/4" NE was so common and so capable in singles and doubles that it is incredible that a rimless equivalent never emerged until mid century.
Of course, the many 400 class options all did the job very well and in a repeater I guess maybe even better than the 450 with one or two shots, but then again, the 500 Jeffery (& Schuler) and the 505 Gibbs were developed by 1920 and 1911 respectively.
Why the flyover on developing a 450 rimless?

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