Topgun,
In Greener’s “Fine Guns” catalogue circa 1935 they offer the 24 bore as being the gun that “should displace all 12 bores for Game Shooting in Great Britain and Quail and Snipe in all Tropical Latitudes “ whilst of the 32 bore they sat it is the “last word in gun construction”.
On the 32 bore they go on to say “no appreciable recoil, little noise, wonderful precision and as many as 75 cartridges can be carried in the pocket without inconvenience “
On 16 bore cartridges in a 14 bore see Ross Seyfried in DGJ Winter 2018 using RST low pressure 16 bore loads in a 14 bore with “one wrap of duct tape” to fit chamber to shoot a mallard drake.
Might be less sticky to make up some stiff paper tubes for the purpose.
Have fun with your odd bore sizes (both obsolete calibre and therefore “off ticket” unless used on this side of the pond),
Keep Well
Parabola
