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Shotgun Bore Sizes

Lead Density
(aprox.)
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11.352

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0.400423

oz/cm3

6.56176

oz/in3

0.41011

llb/in3

2.43837

in3/llb

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Bore size is defined as the number of lead balls of a given diameter that can be made from one
pound of lead.
For shotguns, numeric bore sizes above 32 bore (i.e. smaller diameter) are not generally used.
Volume of 1 pound of lead is (about) 2.43837 in3
Volume of a sphere is (4/3)PiR3

Boresize

Volume
(in3)
per ball

R3
(inches3)

R(adius)
(inches)

Bore
Diameter
(inches)

bore 2.438369

0.582118

0.834969

1.670

bore 1.219185

0.291059

0.662715

1.325

bore 0.812790

0.194039

0.578935

1.158

bore 0.609592

0.145530

0.525998

1.052

bore 0.487674

0.116424

0.488293

0.977

bore 0.406395

0.097020

0.459501

0.919

bore 0.348338

0.083160

0.436487

0.873

bore 0.304796

0.072765

0.417485

0.835

bore 0.270930

0.064680

0.401411

0.803

10

bore 0.243837

0.058212

0.387558

0.775

11

bore 0.221670

0.052920

0.375439

0.751

12

bore 0.203197

0.048510

0.364706

0.729

13

bore 0.187567

0.044778

0.355104

0.710

14

bore 0.174169

0.041580

0.346440

0.693

15

bore 0.162558

0.038808

0.338563

0.677

16

bore 0.152398

0.036382

0.331358

0.663

17

bore 0.143433

0.034242

0.324729

0.650

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bore 0.135465

0.032340

0.318600

0.637

19

bore 0.128335

0.030638

0.312910

0.626

20

bore 0.121918

0.029106

0.307605

0.615

21

bore 0.116113

0.027720

0.302643

0.605

22

bore 0.110835

0.026460

0.297986

0.596

23

bore 0.106016

0.025309

0.293603

0.587

24

bore 0.101599

0.024255

0.289468

0.579

25

bore 0.097535

0.023285

0.285555

0.571

26

bore 0.093783

0.022389

0.281846

0.564

27

bore 0.090310

0.021560

0.278323

0.557

28

bore 0.087085

0.020790

0.274969

0.550

29

bore 0.084082

0.020073

0.271772

0.543

30

bore 0.081279

0.019404

0.268718

0.537

31

bore 0.078657

0.018778

0.265797

0.532

32

bore 0.076199

0.018191

0.262999

0.526

33

bore 0.073890

0.017640

0.260315

0.521

34

bore 0.071717

0.017121

0.257737

0.515

35

bore 0.069668

0.016632

0.255259

0.510

36

bore 0.067732

0.016170

0.252873

0.506

37

bore 0.065902

0.015733

0.250574

0.501

38

bore 0.064168

0.015319

0.248357

0.497

39

bore 0.062522

0.014926

0.246216

0.492

40

bore 0.060959

0.014553

0.244146

0.488

41

bore 0.059472

0.014198

0.242145

0.484

42

bore 0.058056

0.013860

0.240208

0.480

43

bore 0.056706

0.013538

0.238331

0.477

44

bore 0.055417

0.013230

0.236512

0.473

45

bore 0.054186

0.012936

0.234747

0.469

46

bore 0.053008

0.012655

0.233033

0.466

47

bore 0.051880

0.012385

0.231369

0.463

48

bore 0.050799

0.012127

0.229751

0.459

49

bore 0.049763

0.011880

0.228177

0.456

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bore 0.048767

0.011642

0.226645

0.453

51

bore 0.047811

0.011414

0.225154

0.450

52

bore 0.046892

0.011195

0.223702

0.447

53

bore 0.046007

0.010983

0.222286

0.445

54

bore 0.045155

0.010780

0.220905

0.442

55

bore 0.044334

0.010584

0.219558

0.439

56

bore 0.043542

0.010395

0.218243

0.436

57

bore 0.042778

0.010213

0.216960

0.434

58

bore 0.042041

0.010037

0.215705

0.431

59

bore 0.041328

0.009866

0.214480

0.429

60

bore 0.040639

0.009702

0.213282

0.427

61

bore 0.039973

0.009543

0.212110

0.424

62

bore 0.039329

0.009389

0.210963

0.422

63

bore 0.038704

0.009240

0.209841

0.420

64

bore 0.038100

0.009096

0.208742

0.417

65

bore 0.037513

0.008956

0.207666

0.415

66

bore 0.036945

0.008820

0.206612

0.413

67

bore 0.036394

0.008688

0.205579

0.411

68

bore 0.035858

0.008561

0.204566

0.409

69

bore 0.035339

0.008436

0.203573

0.407

70

bore 0.034834

0.008316

0.202599

0.405

71

bore 0.034343

0.008199

0.201644

0.403

72

bore 0.033866

0.008085

0.200706

0.401

73

bore 0.033402

0.007974

0.199785

0.400

74

bore 0.032951

0.007866

0.198881

0.3978

75

bore 0.032512

0.007762

0.197993

0.3960

76

bore 0.032084

0.007659

0.197121

0.3942

77

bore 0.031667

0.007560

0.196264

0.3925

78

bore 0.031261

0.007463

0.195421

0.3908

79

bore 0.030865

0.007369

0.194593

0.3892

80

bore 0.030480

0.007276

0.193779

0.3876

81

bore 0.030103

0.007187

0.192978

0.3860

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bore 0.029736

0.007099

0.192191

0.3844

83

bore 0.029378

0.007013

0.191416

0.3828

84

bore 0.029028

0.006930

0.190653

0.3813

85

bore 0.028687

0.006848

0.189903

0.3798

86

bore 0.028353

0.006769

0.189164

0.3783

87

bore 0.028027

0.006691

0.188436

0.3769

88

bore 0.027709

0.006615

0.187720

0.3754

89

bore 0.027397

0.006541

0.187014

0.3740

90

bore 0.027093

0.006468

0.186319

0.3726

91

bore 0.026795

0.006397

0.185634

0.3713

92

bore 0.026504

0.006327

0.184959

0.3699

93

bore 0.026219

0.006259

0.184293

0.3686

94

bore 0.025940

0.006193

0.183637

0.3673

95

bore 0.025667

0.006128

0.182991

0.3660

96

bore 0.025400

0.006064

0.182353

0.3647

97

bore 0.025138

0.006001

0.181724

0.3634

98

bore 0.024881

0.005940

0.181104

0.3622

99

bore 0.024630

0.005880

0.180492

0.3610

100

bore 0.024384

0.005821

0.179889

0.3598

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