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background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><span class="fn">4 bore</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:YoungFCSelous.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/YoungFCSelous.jpg/200px-YoungFCSelous.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/YoungFCSelous.jpg/300px-YoungFCSelous.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/YoungFCSelous.jpg 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Portrait of <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Selous" title="Frederick Selous">Frederick Courteney Selous</a> with his 4 bore single-shot smoothbore gun and African hunting regalia, 1876.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">Rifle</a> or <a href="/wiki/Smoothbore" title="Smoothbore">Smoothbore</a>, Heavy Game</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Place of origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Case type</th><td class="infobox-data">Rimmed, straight</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Bullet diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">1 inch (25.4 mm)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Neck diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">1.07 inch (27.15 mm)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Base diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">1.1 inch (28 mm)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rim diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">1.23 inch (31.3 mm)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rim thickness</th><td class="infobox-data">.06 inch (1.5 mm)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Case length</th><td class="infobox-data">4 inches (101.5mm)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Overall length</th><td class="infobox-data">4.7 inches (119.3 mm )</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Maximum pressure</th><td class="infobox-data">36,259 psi (2,500 bar)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;">Ballistic performance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="margin:0; width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; background: #DEDEDE;"> <th scope="col">Bullet mass/type</th> <th scope="col">Velocity</th> <th scope="col">Energy</th> </tr><tr style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"> <td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px dotted #aaa;">1,882 gr (122 g) Black Powder</td> <td style="border-bottom:1px dotted #aaa;">1,300 ft/s (400 m/s)</td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1px dotted #aaa;">9,321 ft⋅lbf (12,638 J)</td> </tr><tr style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"> <td style="vertical-align:middle;">2,000 gr (130 g) Magnum</td> <td style="">2,624 ft/s (800 m/s)</td> <td colspan="2" style="">30,671 ft⋅lbf (41,584 J)</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Four bore</b> or <b>4 bore</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Black_powder" class="mw-redirect" title="Black powder">black powder</a> <a href="/wiki/Caliber" title="Caliber">caliber</a> of the 19th century, used for the hunting of large and potentially dangerous game animals. The specifications place this caliber between the larger <a href="/wiki/2_bore" title="2 bore">2 bore</a> and the smaller <a href="/wiki/6_bore" title="6 bore">6 bore</a> rifles. This caliber was the quintessential <a href="/wiki/Elephant_gun" title="Elephant gun">elephant gun</a> caliber of the black powder safari rifles.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The caliber was also used for the <a href="/wiki/Coffman_engine_starter" title="Coffman engine starter">Coffman cartridges</a> used for starting large aero engines such as the <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Griffon" title="Rolls-Royce Griffon">Rolls-Royce Griffon</a> as used in the later Marks of <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4_bore&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Specifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name, derived from an old English practice of bore measurements in gun-making which refers to a nominally 4-<a href="/wiki/Gauge_(bore_diameter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauge (bore diameter)">gauge</a> bore, that is, a bore diameter that would accommodate a pure lead round ball weighing <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> of a pound. This would imply a bore diameter of 1.052-inch (26.7 mm), however in practice the bore diameter varied greatly as, in muzzle loader days, shotgun gauges were custom made and often differed from the actual bore measurements. Commonly, 4 bores were closer to 0.935–0.955 in (23.7–24.3 mm) calibre, which is closer to 5 gauge. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_1750–1880"><span id="History_1750.E2.80.931880"></span>History 1750–1880</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4_bore&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History 1750–1880"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Samuel_Baker_chased_by_an_elephant.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Samuel_Baker_chased_by_an_elephant.jpg/200px-Samuel_Baker_chased_by_an_elephant.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Samuel_Baker_chased_by_an_elephant.jpg/300px-Samuel_Baker_chased_by_an_elephant.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Samuel_Baker_chased_by_an_elephant.jpg/400px-Samuel_Baker_chased_by_an_elephant.jpg 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="379" /></a><figcaption>Explorer and big game hunter Samuel Baker chased by an elephant.</figcaption></figure> <p>As European settlers found early on, their regular muskets were inadequate against dangerous African game. Early gun adaptations were essentially shotguns with extra long (smoothbore) barrels, firing solid balls. By the mid-19th century, the 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2 bore muskets had been strengthened and bulked up for much larger powder charges. At this time, a hunter of dangerous game would fire, gallop away on horseback to a safe distance, reload, and fire again, repeating this process up to 30 times for an African elephant. </p><p>The first 4 bores were probably single barrel muzzleloaders converted from British fowling pieces that were, in essence, <a href="/wiki/Slug_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Slug gun">slug guns</a>. Loads (bullet weights and gunpowder loads) varied greatly. As the weight and strength increased, <a href="/wiki/Gunpowder" title="Gunpowder">gunpowder</a> loads went from 8 drams (0.5 oz, 218.75 grains, or 14.17 grams) of powder to a full ounce (16 drams, 437.5 grains, or 28.35 grams). The advent of rifling after about 1860, allowed longer conical projectiles to be stabilised, and, aside from accuracy, these provided even greater weight and penetration, with some hardened lead or steel bullets weighing as much as 2000 grains or 129.6 grams. The 4 bore was also occasionally used for shooting exploding projectiles. Although 4-bore firearms were commonly referred to as "rifles", smoothbore version of the weapon were actually more popular, and remained so throughout the era of 4-bore usage. Since dangerous game was shot at ranges under 50 yd (46 m), a smoothbore was sufficiently accurate, while at the same time providing higher velocities and lower recoil, and needing less cleaning. The prominent British gunmaker <a href="/wiki/W._W._Greener" title="W. W. Greener">W. W. Greener</a> even recommended against rifled barrel firearms above 8-bore and continued producing larger calibers, such as 6, 4, or 2 bores, from then on exclusively with smoothbore barrels.<sup id="cite_ref-shakariconnection.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shakariconnection.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The smoothbore also, at least until the advent of breechloading, could be reloaded faster. </p><p>Many famous elephant hunters during the 19th century used such weapons, including <a href="/wiki/George_P._Sanderson" title="George P. Sanderson">George P. Sanderson</a> in India and William Finaughty and <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Courteney_Selous" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Courteney Selous">Frederick Courteney Selous</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-shakariconnection.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shakariconnection.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sanderson, in particular, mentioned two four bore firearms that he used, one of which was rifled while the other was not. Although both weapons were of similar weights, the rifle was built to accommodate only one barrel with a powder charge only five-sixths that of the smoothbore, which was a double-barrel. Sanderson, in fact, discarded the rifle after a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/misfire" class="extiw" title="wikt:misfire">misfire</a> of the weapon's <a href="/wiki/Muzzleloader" title="Muzzleloader">charge</a> almost led to his death, and the instance demonstrated the superiority of the smoothbore over the rifle in the case of an oversized firearm in his day in his mind.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the advent of breechloading cartridges in the late 19th century, the 4 bore came into its current guise, that being the well-known 4 to 4.5 in (100 to 110 mm) brass cases. </p><p>The brass cartridge cases contained three different types of loads: light at 12 drams, 14 drams at regular, and 16 drams of powder at heavy load. (Note: 1 dram = 27.34375 grains in the <a href="/wiki/Avoirdupois" title="Avoirdupois">avoirdupois</a> system, since 256 drams = 7000 grains = 1 pound of powder. Shotgun shells are still rated in terms of the same archaic dram measurements, relative to their equivalence of smokeless powder load to a black-powder load weighed in drams.) John "Pondoro" Taylor mentioned in his book <i>African Rifles and Cartridges</i> that the 12 drams (328 gr., 3/4 oz., or 21 g.) charge would propel the projectile at around 1,330 ft/s (410 m/s).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A double barreled rifle that would fire such a calibre would weigh around 22–24 lb (10.0–10.9 kg) bare, while the single-barreled version would be around 17–18 lb (7.7–8.2 kg).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In common practice, the cartridge cases were not typically reloaded, as reliability was of the utmost importance, more important than a possible false cost savings from an attempt at reloading that might cost a hunter his life. Bullet lubrication was typically mostly <a href="/wiki/Beeswax" title="Beeswax">beeswax</a> based, such that in hot tropical climes there could be no possibility of a bullet lube melting from the base of the bullet, ruining the charge of powder within the cartridge. Reliability was the utmost concern. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golden_Age_and_later_usage">Golden Age and later usage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4_bore&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Golden Age and later usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This caliber was used heavily by the European hunters, notably so the British and Dutch <a href="/wiki/Boer" class="mw-redirect" title="Boer">Boers</a>, in tropical climates of <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> and <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. A single barreled smoothbore <a href="/wiki/Percussion_cap" title="Percussion cap">percussion cap</a> <a href="/wiki/Musket" title="Musket">musket</a> of between four and six <a href="/wiki/Gauge_(bore_diameter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauge (bore diameter)">gauge</a> called a "roah" was the standard weapon among <a href="/wiki/Boer" class="mw-redirect" title="Boer">Boer</a> hunters, until the common acceptance of <a href="/wiki/Breechloading" class="mw-redirect" title="Breechloading">breechloading</a> <a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">rifles</a> among their ranks in the 1870s. Many of the earliest British hunters adopted this practice from the Boers, with Selous being the best known among them. </p><p>Meant to be used with <a href="/wiki/Black_powder" class="mw-redirect" title="Black powder">black powder</a> due to its size, it was unpopular due to the problem of thick smoke and a powerful recoil. Notable hunters that used the rifles included <a href="/wiki/Sir_Samuel_White_Baker" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Samuel White Baker">Sir Samuel White Baker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Selous" title="Frederick Selous">Frederick Selous</a>, who used it consistently in his career as an <a href="/wiki/Ivory" title="Ivory">ivory</a> hunter of <a href="/wiki/African_elephants" class="mw-redirect" title="African elephants">African elephants</a> between 1874 and 1876 until the advent of the lighter, more accurate and less cumbersome <a href="/wiki/Nitro_Express" title="Nitro Express">Nitro Express</a> calibers and <a href="/wiki/Cordite" title="Cordite">cordite</a> propellant. In the mid-1870s, Selous favoured a four bore <a href="/wiki/Black_powder" class="mw-redirect" title="Black powder">black powder</a> <a href="/wiki/Muzzleloader" title="Muzzleloader">muzzleloader</a> for killing elephant, a 13 lb (5.9 kg) short barreled musket firing a quarter pound bullet with as much as 20 <a href="/wiki/Dram_(unit)" title="Dram (unit)">drams</a> (540 <a href="/wiki/Avoirdupois" title="Avoirdupois">grains</a>) of black powder. He could wield it even from horseback. Between 1874 and 1876, he slew seventy-eight elephants with that gun, but eventually there was a double loading incident together with other recoil problems. He finally gave it up, due to it "upsetting my nerve". </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thure_de_Thulstrup_-_H._Rider_Haggard_-_Maiwa%27s_Revenge_-_Fire,_you_scoundrels.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Thure_de_Thulstrup_-_H._Rider_Haggard_-_Maiwa%27s_Revenge_-_Fire%2C_you_scoundrels.jpg/350px-Thure_de_Thulstrup_-_H._Rider_Haggard_-_Maiwa%27s_Revenge_-_Fire%2C_you_scoundrels.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Thure_de_Thulstrup_-_H._Rider_Haggard_-_Maiwa%27s_Revenge_-_Fire%2C_you_scoundrels.jpg/525px-Thure_de_Thulstrup_-_H._Rider_Haggard_-_Maiwa%27s_Revenge_-_Fire%2C_you_scoundrels.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Thure_de_Thulstrup_-_H._Rider_Haggard_-_Maiwa%27s_Revenge_-_Fire%2C_you_scoundrels.jpg/700px-Thure_de_Thulstrup_-_H._Rider_Haggard_-_Maiwa%27s_Revenge_-_Fire%2C_you_scoundrels.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7388" data-file-height="5140" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Allan_Quatermain" title="Allan Quatermain">Allan Quatermain</a>, having waited until the last minute while holding his elephant gun, orders his men to fire in this illustration by <a href="/wiki/Thure_de_Thulstrup" title="Thure de Thulstrup">Thure de Thulstrup</a> from <i>Maiwa's Revenge</i> (1888).</figcaption></figure> <p>Although a weapon of immense power, the four bore was far less effective than its <a href="/wiki/Nitro_Express" title="Nitro Express">Nitro Express</a> successors because of the low penetration of its projectiles and its immense recoil. The huge lead slugs fired by the gun were generally capable of stunning a charging African elephant to stop it on its tracks, or turn its charge (causing it to change direction to avoid the hunter) but it was generally unable to kill the creature outright with a frontal brain shot.<sup id="cite_ref-shakariconnection.com_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shakariconnection.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chest and broadside shots were effective killers, as was the side shot on brain where the skull is thinner on elephant, however once again this did not help in instantly stopping an enraged elephant thats charging the hunter. On the other dangerous game species such as the Indian elephant, buffalo species and Rhino it was considered an excellent killer. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Henry_Morton_Stanley" title="Henry Morton Stanley">Henry Morton Stanley</a> carried a 4 bore <a href="/wiki/Farquharson_rifle" title="Farquharson rifle">Farquhson</a> single-shot rifle on his expedition to find <a href="/wiki/David_Livingstone" title="David Livingstone">David Livingstone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_times">Modern times</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4_bore&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Modern times"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The "4 bore rifle" caliber's technical data was reissued by C.I.P in 1993. The latest revision of the homologation papers were released by May 15, 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This standard and its variations are reflected in obsolete 4 gauge shotgun cartridges and their repurposing as modern 1-inch (25.4 mm) bore flare cartridges.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4_bore&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rimmed_cartridges" title="List of rimmed cartridges">List of rimmed cartridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_bore" title="2 bore">2 bore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6_bore" title="6 bore">6 bore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_rifle" title="Double rifle">Double rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauge_(firearms)" title="Gauge (firearms)">Gauge (firearms)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=4_bore&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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