Caliber and Gauge

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Caliber

Caliber noun - Diameter of a tube or gun barrel.
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Gauge is a synonym for caliber in size of ammunition topic. In some cases you can use "Gauge" instead a noun "Caliber".
Nearby Word: calibre

Gauge

Gauge noun - Diameter of a tube or gun barrel.
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Caliber is a synonym for gauge. You can use "Caliber" instead a noun "Gauge".
Nearby Words: gauged, gauging

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  • Video Game / Metro 2033 Based on an existing tripod-mounted heavy machine gun, it was completely rebuilt as a portable weapon and re-chambered to fire 12-gauge-equivalent shotshells instead of large-caliber bullets.
    Source: Video Game / Metro 2033
  • No matter what type of small arms are used in fiction — even fully automatic, high-caliber ordnance and heavy-gauge shotguns — the shooter will not so much as flinch.
    Source: Law of Inverse Recoil
  • Series / Firefly Jayne carries a Le Mat revolver — 9-shots of .42 caliber plus one of 16 gauge buckshot — which appears to have an accessory rail mounted above the barrel.
    Source: Series / Firefly
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