Two bore or 2 bore is an obsolete firearm caliber. Two bore firearms generally fire spherical balls or slugs made of hardened lead, or in the case of...
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garden gun along with the .360 and the No. 3 bore (9 mm) rimfire, No. 2 bore (7 mm) rimfire, and No. 1 bore (6 mm) rimfire. .410 shells have similar base...
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Gauge (firearms) (redirect from 10 bore)
commonly referred to as bore in British English) of a firearm is a unit of measurement used to express the inner diameter (bore diameter) of the barrel...
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animals. The specifications place this caliber between the larger 2 bore and the smaller 6 bore rifles. This caliber was the quintessential elephant gun caliber...
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19th-century black-powder firearms for hunting large dangerous game. An 8 bore is a .835 in (21.2 mm) caliber firearm. Historically it was used to fire solid projectiles...
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cylinders: displacement = π ( 1/2 × bore )2 × stroke × ncylinders The stroke ratio, determined by dividing the bore by the stroke, traditionally indicated...
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the larger 6 bore, 4 bore, or 2 bore cartridges. Despite this, 6 bore cartridge rifles and cartridges could still be purchased. The 6 bore was only made...
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A tidal bore, often simply given as bore in context, is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water...
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List of rifle cartridges (section Bore/gauge)
729 in (18.5 mm) 10 bore — .775 in (19.7 mm) 8 bore — .835 in (21.2 mm) 6 bore — .919 in (23.3 mm) 4 bore — 1.052 in (26.7 mm) 2 bore — 1.326 in (33.7 mm)...
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54°12′00″N 2°50′28″W / 54.200°N 2.841°W / 54.200; -2.841 The Arnside Bore is a tidal bore on the estuary of the River Kent in England, United Kingdom...
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