36 Gauge Shotgun?
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Probably, but; I never heard of that with a factory shell. I have seen or heard of 12,16,20,24,28 and 32. (In know I skipped 14) Assuming a normal progression +4, get you to 36. That would be next. Like you, I never heard of a 36.
Did you try google? This turned up with Google. How hard was that?
"Marland is correct. The .410 is not really 36 gauge - if I remember correctly it is 67 gauge - but for reasons that nobody understands, it has always been known as 36 gauge in Europe. "
Did you try google? This turned up with Google. How hard was that?
"Marland is correct. The .410 is not really 36 gauge - if I remember correctly it is 67 gauge - but for reasons that nobody understands, it has always been known as 36 gauge in Europe. "
Wow, nothing confusing or stupid about that... 
So at some time in the past, although everyone involved understood that 36ga is actually about .506 caliber and that .410 is about 68ga and also knew that previously the 36ga had referred to an entirely different cartridge from the .410; someone decided to conflate the two anyway for very questionable reasons.
Well, that's an interesting bit of trivia, I suppose.
So at some time in the past, although everyone involved understood that 36ga is actually about .506 caliber and that .410 is about 68ga and also knew that previously the 36ga had referred to an entirely different cartridge from the .410; someone decided to conflate the two anyway for very questionable reasons.
Well, that's an interesting bit of trivia, I suppose.
stuckinthe60s
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+1.
a 410 is refered to as a 36ga in europe.
you will find many 410's in europe marked 36ga.
a 410 is refered to as a 36ga in europe.
you will find many 410's in europe marked 36ga.
You're absolutely correct. Click on the link in post #3 to see what this 36 gauge thing is about.
stuckinthe60s
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just like a 38 isnt a 38, its a 35 cal. same same.
The .410 is an American concoction, derived from the 44 Game Getter and 44 Extra Long cartridges. The first 410s were made in the early 1900s. There were 2" and 2-1/2" shells for the 410 originally, the 3" was added later.
The 36 gauge is a European shotgun gauge. Europeans had a whole plethora of "unusual" gauges, like 14, 24. and 36, many of them proprietary for famous or popular gun makers. Most of the oddballs faded away, much like the 16 gauge has here stateside.
The 36 gauge is a European shotgun gauge. Europeans had a whole plethora of "unusual" gauges, like 14, 24. and 36, many of them proprietary for famous or popular gun makers. Most of the oddballs faded away, much like the 16 gauge has here stateside.
stuckinthe60s
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id like to see more 32 ga myself.
Don Fischer
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Seem's to me the 410 was not a ga but rather a cal. I think that's the way I read it. Now it's a 60 something cal?