HUNTINGsmart! USA Knowledge Base

Module 05 - HANDGUNS 101

HANDGUN CALIBER

Illustration of a retail gun counter with  two handguns and a tool for measuring bore diameter on top.

Like rifles, handguns are sized by their caliber, which is a measurement of bore diameter in either hundredths of an inch or in millimeters. The distance could be measured either in inches or in millimeters, from land-to-land or from groove-to-groove, depending on the specific cartridge.

 

 

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