Girandoni @ Airgun Revisions

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.
Mark
The barrel lands are.44 but the grooves are.45. That's the way they Catarized calibers back then.
 
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