The barrel lands are.44 but the grooves are.45. That's the way they Catarized calibers back then.I've read several different accounts of the same gun and I'm wondering if like black powder rifles they were made in different calibers.. I have read 36,42,44&46.. possibly the 44,45&46 are just different ways to measure the same gun.. since my black powder 44 actually has a 45 barrel and uses .454 lead balls..sort of how now big bore airguns are not a common size, you get the airforce texan and it's larger than the similar caliber as the Korean ones..I tend to think that it makes sense to be in a similar caliber as the black powder guns in the time.. I've shot black powder 36 caliber squirrel rifle and 44/45 black powder revolver and 50 caliber black powder rifle.. as far as the rifle went I really shot the 36 caliber more and it was quite accurate.. I also loved the double set trigger.. anyone who has shot double set trigger would understand that.. it's a feature I wish was available on airguns as well.
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