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Originally Posted by Ed Blake
The bore diameter of .715 really puzzles me though. The owner wanted a good seal for fibre wads, I guess.
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Ed,
The condition of your new gun is outstanding. I have a chart that shows minimum and maximum bore diameters of all gauges from various countries. The German 12 gauge standard bore for 1939 was .716-.732. As your gun is on the tighter side I would be curious if the felt recoil would be greater with the tight bores versus a gun of similar weight and larger bores shooting the same shells. English guns ranged from.710-.750 in 1954 according to this chart.