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Topic ID: 80
Message ID: 5
#5, RE: GotW 50: Mk IV Very pistol
Posted by Gryphon on Jul-16-17 at 02:05 PM
In response to message #4
>Out of curiousity, did the Canadians equate an inch to 26.5mm? Seeing
>as how it isn't that, I mean?

No, I don't know why the British standard was called that. Maybe it's a one-inch bore but the cartridge is slightly larger? Although why mix measurement systems in that way, I couldn't tell you. (Still more puzzling, by WWII the British were calling that same standard "calibre 4", by which name it is still to be found in marine supply catalogs today.)

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