A .40 typically uses a .390 or .395. That mould could be for a custom barrel or an old original in .42 caliber. There weren't standardized sizes in the 1800s, and a gun maker could make any size bore...
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A .40 typically uses a .390 or .395. That mould could be for a custom barrel or an old original in .42 caliber. There weren't standardized sizes in the 1800s, and a gun maker could make any size bore...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |