| Dphariss |
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| 11/11/09 04:06 PM |
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Re: A puzzling Civil War era hunting rifle
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What's the diameter across the corners, that's the caliber.
Actually if its a round ball gun and it almost certainly is, the land to land is the caliber.
A 54 caliber ML barrel with .012" rifling is .564 in the grooves. But it will use a .530-.535 patched ball.
Dan