This was originally a black powder cartridge dating back to 1880 or even earlier and it was listed in the Kynoch catalogue of 1884 as the 450 reduced to 400. During the 1890's it evolved as a smokeless cartridge and was used in falling block single shot rifles as well as a number of double rifles. 

This text is based on information from “Cartridges of the World”, Hodgdon reloading manual, the cartridge designer and/or own resources.