#4 bore question

pfalz2 · 07-06-2006, 12:17 PM

I had sent an e-mail with the clip about the 4bore to my brother. I e-mailed me back on finding more information.

Any links or suggestions for finding info?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElmlIyOtf1Q&search=rifle

magnus392 · 07-06-2006, 01:11 PM

http://survivalmonkey.com/forum/show...0479#post30479

Here is a little info...

pfalz2 · 07-08-2006, 12:25 PM

thanks, Magnus, I passed it on to my brother.

Rew · 07-08-2006, 01:33 PM

I don't know if this will help. But the Brits figured bore size by how many lead balls it takes to equal one lb. In the 4 bore it takes 4 round lead balls therefore it was called a 4 bore. In an 8 bore it took 8 round ball to equal one lb. and so on.

pfalz2 · 07-08-2006, 01:38 PM

Thanks, I think my brother is looking for a black power 4 bore, he's a glutten for punishment!!!!!!!

Sanders · 07-09-2006, 01:22 AM

E-mail John Ross about it. He seems to know quite a bit about those old English rifles. His novel was fairly autobiographical in some ways.

From his website his e-mail is:

jrinvest@earthlink.net

blkbd · 07-10-2006, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rew

I don't know if this will help. But the Brits figured bore size by how many lead balls it takes to equal one lb. In the 4 bore it takes 4 round lead balls therefore it was called a 4 bore. In an 8 bore it took 8 round ball to equal one lb. and so on.

That is still used today but we call it guage-A 12 gauge is 12 balls of lead to equal a pound. Somethings never die, Look at drams on the box off shotgunbshells-Dram was used to measure black powder and never used for smokeless powder.

07-06-2006, 12:17 PM	#1
pfalz2 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 23,435	#4 bore question I had sent an e-mail with the clip about the 4bore to my brother. I e-mailed me back on finding more information. Any links or suggestions for finding info? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElmlIyOtf1Q&search=rifle

07-06-2006, 01:11 PM	#2
magnus392 Thick Skulled Southerner Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NETX Posts: 1,196	http://survivalmonkey.com/forum/show...0479#post30479 Here is a little info... __________________ "Its all over but the cryin'!" Moonshiner Are You lookin' at Muh Mun-Kee?

07-09-2006, 01:22 AM	#6
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,530	E-mail John Ross about it. He seems to know quite a bit about those old English rifles. His novel was fairly autobiographical in some ways. From his website his e-mail is: jrinvest@earthlink.net __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

07-08-2006, 12:25 PM	#3
pfalz2 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 23,435	thanks, Magnus, I passed it on to my brother.

07-08-2006, 01:33 PM	#4
Rew Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 9,710	I don't know if this will help. But the Brits figured bore size by how many lead balls it takes to equal one lb. In the 4 bore it takes 4 round lead balls therefore it was called a 4 bore. In an 8 bore it took 8 round ball to equal one lb. and so on.

07-08-2006, 01:38 PM	#5
pfalz2 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 23,435	Thanks, I think my brother is looking for a black power 4 bore, he's a glutten for punishment!!!!!!!