Originally Posted By: jack maloney
If one says "12 gauge" to shooters anywhere in America, everyone knows exactly what you mean. The same can't be said for "12 bore."


I think you underestimate your fellow shotgunners, Jack. Every disipline has its own venacular with terms that are interchangeable.......in mine, for example submaxillary and submandibular mean exactly the same thing. If you are a Saturday morning gunner in the US, you can probably get by with "gauge". If you are British, same with "bore". If you want to communicate on a universal level I think its wise to use them interchangeably. This being an international board, I would bet that there is not one gunner here who would be confused by either.