Just a No.1 in .450/400 here. The heavy-barrel version, I think there were only 20-some made of that variety. I've got brass and primers for it, looking for a good mold to cast boolits for it. I refuse to buy ammo at $4/round. REALLY looking forward to shooting this one.
I used to have a .450 Marlin, one of the first-year Guide Guns, now there was a rifle that was a hoot to shoot. One time I took it to the range and the pressure through the barrel ports blew the empty cartridge boxes off the shooters' benches to my right and left! Very accurate, too, it was easy to pick off sporting clays on the berm at 100 yards with open sights. I'd start to get a headache after 5 full-power rounds, but that rifle was FUN.
