David Harding

Volume I: PROCUREMENT AND DESIGN

Chapter 6

DESIGN SURVEY: CLASSIFICATION AND BORE SIZE

Problems of terminology, 149

CLASSIFICATION BY NATURES, PATTERNS AND VARIANTS, 151

Summary of classification, 153

BORE SIZE OR CALIBRE, 156

Nominal bore `sizes', 156
Nominal or theoretical bore diameters, 157
Actual bore diameter of service weapons, 160
Pre-1750 bore sizes, 167