Can you identify a Jaeger rifle marked Dobiaschowsky in Perchtoldsdorf?

[DonJaeger]

I obtained this rifle but know little about it. It was difficult to measure the barrel internal diameter (because of the rifling) but my best approximation is it is 0.465 inches or 11.811 mm. Overall, the gun is 43 1/16 inches or 109.4 cm at the longest point. What would the caliber be?

[mike ford]

DonJaeger,
As I'm often wrong, I may be this time also; but I don't see this fine rifle as a Jaeger rifle, and rather a Schuetzen rifle. A Jaeger rifle would be intended for hunting, and I can see no provisions for mounting a sling.What I do see are target type sights, target type thumb rest and finger rests in the trigger guard. Also, the butt plate doesn't seem appropriate for a hunting rifle. Concerning the caliber of the rifle, it wasn't clear whether the figure you gave was the groove diameter or the bore diameter.Muzzle loading rifles,often used bullets somewhat smaller than groove diameter,and some used a bullet enough larger than bore diameter that they had to be driven into the barrel with a mallet.It is possible that the rifle was made after the 1891 proof law( not too likley), if so it might be marked, as to caliber( if before the law, it may have been marked by the maker). At the time the rifle was made, the caliber would have been expressed as gauge (number of that diameter lead balls in a pound), rather than either inch or millimeters. Taking the diameter you listed, the caliber would be somewhere around 46 gauge. If you can find a mark on the rifle(maybe hidden by the stock) close to this, then that is likely the designated caliber. More often than not,this figure is not an even number and usuallv is calculated to two decimal points. A ,or / was usually used instead of a . when stamping numbers.
Mike