On another gun board, someone said that the 8.46 1/2 on the bottom of the action was a caliber marking referring to the 8.15x46R cartridge, the usual German target cartridge which stalking rifles are very commonly chambered in.


http://zincavage.org/ProofMarks1.JPG

Unfortunately, the chamber casting has no resemblance at all to the 8.15x45R cartridge, so I suspect the same shoemaker who messed up the key probably rechambered the rifle to something that was a bad idea. I get the feeling that I will be having it rebarreled before I'm through.