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Chasin'Tom

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Location: Everett Washington

Joined: 08/15/2003

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Title	Replies	Last Post
Anyone out there from the great state of wa	2	08/18/2003 - 14:30
New to the forum	3	10/10/2003 - 13:15
Looking for Western Washington Black Bear	4	10/01/2003 - 22:33
Possible Washington Grizzly Bear Sighting in NE Okanogan Cou	8	07/14/2004 - 20:48
Number of days per year you hunt....	14	12/07/2003 - 14:11
WSM and WSSM thoughts?	23	01/29/2004 - 21:01
What are you hunting this fall?	29	11/23/2003 - 10:12
Hunting Blackbear	43	08/16/2003 - 22:53

Hunting Tip: Primer on Shotgun Shells - What Does...

What does "gauge" mean anyway? As used here gauge means the number of round lead balls the same diameter as the inside of the barrel (aka the bore) that it would take to weigh one pound. It takes 12 lead balls the same diameter as a 12 gauge barrel to weigh a pound. The smaller 20 gauge would require 20 balls of that barrel diameter. The larger bore 12 gauge would require 12 lead balls of the bore diameter to weigh one pound. In general the number of pellets in a shotgun shell...