I have pondered this subject a bit. I know I have posted about an early Lifter (1874) I bought from Chadick's some years back that was sold as a 10 gauge (based on bore size) but turned out to have 12 gauge chambers. Someone back in the day suggested that maybe it was actually built to be an 11 gauge chambered for brass cartridges. I dunno.
I understand the mistake, and had no problem keeping the gun as it shoots 12 ga. just fine.
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