A quick question. . .
A friend showed me a 410 shotgun. It seemed small and light enough to facilitate a comfortable introduction to moving target sports. I investigated further.
Apparently, in Europe, this size gun is known as a 36 gauge.
Now for the "odd" bit. . .
Many claim that shotgun gauges correspond to the number of lead spheres of a size that matches the bore that it takes to make a pound. When matching gun sizes to lead sphere weights, this seems correct.
But it takes 67 lead spheres .410 in diameter to weigh a pound.
So why do they say 36 gauge and not 67?
Cheers, PW.
P.S. By the way, Google seems less than useless in providing an answer. As far as they go is to say the guns are .410 here and 36 Gauge in Europe. They're 67 Gauge nowhere. But why isn't addressed. And it's the WHY that I'd like to know.
P.P.S. When I asked my husband, he speculated that European lead is heavier. (And I pretended to agree.)
