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Caliber is the size of the barrel's inside diameter, in fractions of an inch. A .25 caliber pistol fires a bullet that is about 0.25 inches across. Pistol can range from very small (about 10 caliber) up to very large (75 caliber) and there are hundreds of different cartridge sizes in between.

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The caliber of a small arm refers to the diameter of the barrel bore, measured on the lands of the rifling. Nominally, it is the diameter of the bullet the gun fires. It can be measured in inches or millimeters.

In artillery, the term has a different meaning.

When the size is in inches it works like this: a 45 is .45" a 38 is .38" a 357 is .357" etc

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The caliber of a firearm refers to the bore diameter of the barrel,and what caliber is marked near the chamber of the gun,or on the barrel.

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