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To: ManyMoose who wrote (174503)7/23/2006 5:00:14 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) of 794255
 
<<Right. Firearms nomenclature is incomprehensible. Those cap and balls were .36 caliber. Close enough to .357. I don't know why they called it .38, which isn't even close.>>

The BARRELS were around .357 but the BALLS that were loaded into the cylinders were .38. A little soft lead was shaved off when the ball went from the cylinder into the barrel, that way they got a tight fit.
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