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Question for gun UFies:	by nedludd	2004-12-06 10:14:04
(Technical, not Political) Why is it that magnum rounds are of smaller caliber than their corresponding regular rounds? I.e.: .38 -> .357 magnum .45 -> .44 magnum (doesn't hold for .22) It seems like it would be a total pain for manufacturers to have to have two sets of tooling for nearly identical but not quite the same size barrels. Obviously, the chamber is totally (and by totally, I mean by more than a few thousandths of an inch) different, but it seems like an unecessary expense to have to maintain different tooling for the barrel as well. It's not as though the different calibers would prevent you from doing something bone-headed like loading the wrong ammo in a gun (the differences in chamber and action probably do though). Any ideas?
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They're not	by DesertRat66	2004-12-06 10:33:13
Not to mention .455 Webley. (n/t)	by McNutcase	2004-12-06 10:36:16
I have fired .454 Casull once, just to say I have	by techi870	2004-12-06 10:39:13
I like to have a .45-70 Contender	by DesertRat66	2004-12-06 10:45:41
The Powder Keg up in Kamloops	by run.dll	2004-12-06 11:56:36
Thanks for the clearing up my misunderstanding.	by nedludd	2004-12-06 10:42:31
They are	by DesertRat66	2004-12-06 10:55:55

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