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Originally Posted by archangel2003
I guess a massive enough piece of metal with a hole bored in it would work reasonably well as a smooth bore or shotgun.
Anyone know where the dimensions of the inner bore of the barrel of a muzzle-loading shot gun could be found?
I never handled much less used a muzzle loaded shot gun.
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There are tiny changes in the following figures, depending on degree of choke, but not much.
Gauge/Bore diameter (millimeters)/Bore diameter (inches)
6/23.3/0.92
10/19.7/0.77
12/18.5/0.73
14/17.6/0.69
16/16.8/0.66
20/15.9/0.63
24/14.7/0.58
28/14.0/0.55
32/13.4/0.526