On 2021-02-16 1:25 a.m., Leo wrote:
> On 2021 Feb 15, , Ophelia wrote
> (in article >):
>
>> Ah OK, so not the 'smaller' the Gauge, just the lower the gauge 'number' and
>> only in that case in relation to shotguns. See over here shotguns and
>> firearms are classed differently e.g. we have a shotgun certificate for
>> smoothbore guns or a firearms licence for those with rifling. But then we
>> also refer to 12/16/20 Bore rather than gauge. Different strokes for
>> different folks!
>
> Here´s a ten-gauge or ten-bore shotgun. It shoots three and a half inch
> shells and is the biggest shotgun allowed for hunting in the United States.
> Ignore the unfinished 4th of July quilt in front of it. Notice how I swung
> the barrel forward to make it look scarier. You sure know a lot about
> shotguns, Ophelia ;-)
>
> <https://postimg.cc/zbH8TrSz>
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>
Nice. Among my collection is a Baikil 12 guage side by side, made in
East Germany. I once took it to a turkey shoot at a friends place, and
that would have been about 40 years ago. There was a guy where with a
nice over and under with a ventilated barrel. He was boasting about
paying over $5000 for it, and that he used only his one hand pressed
shells. He said my gun was a piece of crap and I would be lucky to hit
anything with it. He was even less impressed with my ammunition, the
cheap stuff sold under the Canadian Tire name.

I had been trained as a weapons tech in the reserves so knew quite a bit
about guns. My Commie shotgun was well made and, very important for a
shotgun, it fit me perfectly. I figure that with a shotgun all you need
is the right load and the proper lead and that they fire when you pull
the trigger.

I won the glass turkey that day. He came in fifth.