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SIGSHR · August 6, 2013, 05:39 PM

I wonder if someone complained about that in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
The French used .69 caliber, the British .75. Hence you could fire French ammunition in a Brown Bess but not the reverse.

August 6, 2013, 05:39 PM	#24
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	I wonder if someone complained about that in the 18th and 19th Centuries. The French used .69 caliber, the British .75. Hence you could fire French ammunition in a Brown Bess but not the reverse.