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DarylS
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Re: size of a 4 bore barrel
09/03/19 10:04 AM

I can take a semi-educated guess for you in building a 4bore rifle.

I think most (maybe all?) of the 4 bore singles used in Africa, aka Francis Selous, were smoothbore fowlers shortened in the barrel length for handiness in use. Selous' 4bore single was a Dutch 4 bore fowler, I'm quite sure - read that somewhere. I do not know the measurements of the breeches.

4 bore rifle = 1.052" + .012 = .012" = 1.076 groove to grove.

Add .200" per side for decent side-wall thickness (if 1137 or 4140) and you have 1.476", pretty close to 1.5", which is even better - in my opinion.

looks like fun - not.

this 6 bore, sold for $800.00 at auction in Feb, 2019

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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size of a 4 bore barrel	gmark1	08/03/19 10:13 PM
Re: size of a 4 bore barrel	DarylS	09/03/19 10:04 AM
Re: size of a 4 bore barrel	szihn	09/03/19 12:57 PM
Re: size of a 4 bore barrel	Longknife	10/03/19 04:22 AM
Re: size of a 4 bore barrel	szihn	10/03/19 07:07 AM
Re: size of a 4 bore barrel	Wayne59	10/03/19 08:29 AM
Re: size of a 4 bore barrel	Ash	16/03/19 10:02 AM
Re: size of a 4 bore barrel	Kynoch	24/03/19 03:36 AM
making progress	gmark1	24/03/19 01:03 PM
Re: making progress	Longknife	26/03/19 12:27 AM
Re: making progress	gmark1	26/03/19 10:25 AM
Re: making progress	DarylS	26/03/19 11:11 AM
Re: making progress	gmark1	29/03/19 01:34 PM
Re: making progress	DarylS	30/03/19 04:45 AM
Re: making progress	gmark1	30/03/19 01:09 PM
finally finished	gmark1	16/04/19 10:07 PM
Re: finally finished	Longknife	16/04/19 11:19 PM
Re: finally finished	gmark1	20/04/19 03:26 AM
Re: finally finished	Longknife	22/04/19 03:03 AM
Re: finally finished	gmark1	24/04/19 11:57 AM
Re: finally finished	Longknife	10/05/19 10:59 PM

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