Engineering:Small-bore
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Small-bore refers to calibers with a diameter of .32 inches or smaller.[1] It may also refer to small-bore rifle competition. The medium-bore refers to calibers with a diameter between .33 inches up to .39 inches and large-bore refers to calibers with a diameter of .40 inches or larger.[2] Miniature bore refers historically to calibers of .22 inches or smaller. There is much variance in the use of the term small-bore which over the years has changed considerably with anything under .577 caliber considered small-bore prior to the mid-19th century.[3]
Small-bore competition
Small-bore competition often refers to shooting competitions conducted with .22 Rimfire target rifles.[4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Medium Bore Musings". http://www.chuckhawks.com/column2_medium_bore.htm.
- ↑ "Big Bore Rifle Cartridges". http://www.chuckhawks.com/intro_big_bore.htm.
- ↑ "Historic small-bore Enfield rifles, training rifles and BSA rifles; plus league competitions". http://www.rifleman.org.uk/index-31.html.
- ↑ "SmallBoreRifle - What is Smallbore Rifle Shooting?". http://www.smallborerifle.com/whatissmallbore.php.
- ↑ http://compete.nra.org/documents/pdf/compete/RuleBooks/SBR/sbr-book.pdf Small-bore rifle NRA rule book
- Historic small-bore Enfield, BSA and other Service, Training and Target rifles reference pages, with league competitions for such rifles [1]
External links
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-bore.
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