10 bore

10 bore

Ten bore or 10 bore is an obsolete rifle caliber, used mainly in the 19th century hunting for large and potentially dangerous game animals. It is the size between the larger eight bore and the lesser twelve bore. This caliber was used heavily by the European hunters, notably so British, in the tropical climates of Africa and India. Meant to be used with black powder, due to its size, beside the problem of thick smoke it also created a powerful recoil that kept out of the prefference of most shooters. One of the notable hunters that used the ten bore caliber was Frederick Courteney Selous against lions in Africa.


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