Le Grande Perfesser
YES!! ah NO!! ah Sort of maybe. Not necessarily "Cartridges" per say, but more specifically, SMOKELESS cartridges. The terminology of "Bore" designation by those of a sporting bent, in primarily Grosist Brittannia, introduced in double guns (started in shotguns of course) loaded primarily from the front, as it twer. The earliest Double Rafles er Rifles being carryovers from smooth bore front stuffed muskets and such. When the "cartridge" revolution began, the "Big Guns" intended for "Big Game" launched the same size projectiles, just contained in the front of "Cartridges"
The actual death knell of the "Bore" designation waz heralded by the introduction of Cordite and the introduction of "Nitro Express" cartridges as it tizzy's. Cordite also heralded the introduction of bunches of "new" calibers that were in all actuality "Sub Bore" in diameter which made designations much more di-Fucult. Like 600 Nitro Express being called "Sub Bore 60 Percent Nitry Espresso". Way too complex.
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Ah, am I "Boring" anybody yet?? Lemmie work onnit fer a minute. Be right back > > > > >