• The 8 bore (Commonwealth English), also known as the 8 gauge (American English), is an obsolete caliber used commonly in the 19th-century black-powder...
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    Four bore or 4 bore is a black powder caliber of the 19th century, used for the hunting of large and potentially dangerous game animals. The specifications...
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    Gauge (firearms) (redirect from 10 bore)
    commonly referred to as bore in British English) of a firearm is a unit of measurement used to express the inner diameter (bore diameter) of the barrel...
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  • heavy 6 bore muzzleloader. Gauge (bore diameter) 4 bore 8 bore .950 JDJ, modern cartridge of similar bore diameter Ganyana, "The Giant Bores 4 and 6"...
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    The .410 bore (10.4 mm) is one of the smallest caliber of shotgun shell commonly available (along with the 9mm Flobert rimfire cartridge, and the less...
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    A tidal bore, often simply given as bore in context, is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water...
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    663 in (16.8 mm) 14 gauge — .693 in (17.6 mm) 12 gauge — .729 in (18.5 mm) 10 bore — .775 in (19.7 mm) 8 bore — .835 in (21.2 mm) 6 bore — .919 in (23...
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  • Two bore or 2 bore is an obsolete firearm caliber. Two bore firearms generally fire spherical balls or slugs made of hardened lead, or in the case of...
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    Historical squeeze bore example: A squeeze bore, alternatively taper-bore, cone barrel or conical barrel, is a weapon where the internal barrel diameter...
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    Boral Limited is an Australian construction materials company manufacturing. It is owned by Seven Group Holdings. Boral was founded by David Craig on...
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  • a piston engine, the bore (or cylinder bore) is the diameter of each cylinder. Engine displacement is calculated based on bore, stroke length and the...
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    The Severn bore is a tidal bore seen on the tidal reaches of the River Severn in south western England. It is formed when the rising tide moves into the...
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    three decades, the world's longest borehole in measured depth along its bore, until surpassed in 2008 by a hydrocarbon extraction borehole in Russia....
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    internal diameter of the gun barrel bore – regardless of how or where the bore is measured and whether the finished bore matches that specification. It is...
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    an 8 bore single-barrelled rifle, a 10 bore muzzle loading single-barrelled rifle, a 10 bore breech loading single-barrelled rifle, several 10 bore breech...
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    replaced in 1954. An increase in displacement to 290.8 cu in (4.8 L) was made for 1955 by increasing the bore to 3.72 in (94.5 mm).[citation needed] The DeSoto...
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    7 mm), and 12 bore (.729 in (18.5 mm)). For larger thick skinned type game 10 bore (.775 in (19.7 mm)), 8 bore (.835 in (21.2 mm)), 6 bore (.919 in (23...
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    shot guns were available in a variety of calibres, from 8 bore to 28 bore. The original 12 bore loading from Holland and Holland fired a 750 gr (49 g)...
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    In meteorology, an undular bore is a wave disturbance in the Earth's atmosphere and can be seen through unique cloud formations. They normally occur within...
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    equivalence in reloading with black powder. Gauges 2 bore 4 bore 6 bore 8 bore 20-gauge shotgun .410 bore Breaching round Lead shot Snake shot Shotgun slug...
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  • Keeping Faith (Welsh: Un Bore Mercher, "One Wednesday Morning") is a Welsh thriller television series, filmed and set in Wales, and first broadcast in...
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    The Boring Company (TBC) is an American infrastructure, tunnel construction services, and equipment company founded by Elon Musk. TBC was founded as a...
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    Gabriel Boric Font (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡaˈβɾjel‿ˈβoɾitʃ ˈfont]; born 11 February 1986) is a Chilean politician serving as the president of Chile...
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  • the Straight-4 OM364 engine which has two cylinders chopped off, while the bore and stroke remain unchanged. It launched in 1983 and had a direct injection...
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  • The .360 bore is one of the smallest shotgun bores. Its main uses included collecting ornithological specimens, pest control, and self-defense, often...
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    25/32" bore diameters Type 5 - 13/16" & 7/8" bore diameters Type 6 - 15/16", 1" & 1 1/16" bore diameters Type 29 - 1 3/32", 1 1/8" & 1 5/32" bore diameters...
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    Rifling (redirect from Oval bore)
    projectile revolution in calibers or bore diameters: twist = L D bore , {\displaystyle {\text{twist}}={\frac {L}{D_{\text{bore}}}},} where twist {\displaystyle...
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    measurements: 32 bore, 24 bore, 14 bore, 10 bore (5⁄8" and 2+7⁄8" only), 8 bore, 4 bore, 3 bore, 2 bore, 1+1⁄8 bore, 1+1⁄4 bore and 1+1⁄2 bore, and vintage...
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    Boring is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located along Oregon Route 212 in the foothills of the Cascade...
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    (6-8") and US battleships (14-16"). The name describes the size of the shells, 12 inches in diameter, and the length of the bore in calibers (50 bore diameters)...
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