Pete, I have a lovely 1900 commercial BUG proofed without "GERMANY" stamp. It is marked with the British gauge measurement on the bottum of the barrel.
A point of interest...I believe this measuring system is what gave us the modern shotgun measurements of 10, 12, 16, 20, 28 gauge. As I understand it the gauge is the number of lead balls the size of the barrel it took to equal a pound. I think the mighty .410 gauge is actually a .41 calibre but I'm not sure.
As a matter of fact, I'm not sure of any of this.
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