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Howdy folks. I'm sure someone out there (probably everyone but me!) knows the origin "bbl", often used as an abbreviation for the word "barrels". Have often wondered about that...
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Me? I'm a lazy writer. It was the easiest contraction I c'd think of, which accurately reflected the word of origin. No idea as to where I'd seen it, prior to that use, but would think such a useful abb had been around for a loong time.
PS: I might haved a cornerstone on the word "PETAphile", tho. Someone who care'd c'd write a master's theis researching it that claim. Not that the subject is so great, but that Master's theses have sunk to such minutiae. ;~`)
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My goodness I hope spring comes soon  The Latin word for cannon is canna, which comes from 'reed' which may come from a bamboo tube (used by the Chinese as early cannons) or cannae. Barellus is the Latin word for 'barrel', but referes to a 'cask' rather than the barrel of a cannon.
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Easy.
1 bbl = 31 gallons
1/2 bbl = 15.5 gallons (Keg)
1/4 bbl = 7.75 gallons (Pony Keg)
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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according to this site and others it comes from Blue Barrel (standard color for 42 gallon oil barrel.) According to wikipedia that is not correct...
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Once again proving, truly, this is the 'college of obscure knowledge'.
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A compendium of worthwhile information and useless trivia.
Regards,
Charles
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origin unknown, but thot to perhaps be from the Gaulish.
Origin: 1250–1300; ME barell < AF baril, OF barril < VL *barrīculum, equiv. to *barrīc(a), perh. deriv. of LL barra bar1 + L -ulum -ule; cf. ML (ca. 800) barriclus small cask
today, in digi-text and cell fone jargon it means 'be back later'
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I read the original question as to the origin of "Bbl" as the abbreviation for barrel or barrels. Here's what I foung by entering Bbl on Google: The "b" may have been doubled originally to indicate the plural (1 bl, 2 bbl), or possibly it was doubled to eliminate any confusion with bl as a symbol for the bale (see above). Note: Some web sites are claiming that "bbl" originated as a symbol for "blue barrels" delivered by Standard Oil in its early days; this is almost certainly incorrect because there are citations for the symbol at least as early as the late 1700s, long before Standard Oil was founded.[3]
From Wikipedia. If the question was why are they called barrels. that's because the first ones for guns were made by "barrel", as in cask, makers.
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The Late Keith Neal once told me on one of his visits to Purdeys Factory aprox 1959. that he had some of both John & Joseph Mantons Handwritten Gun Orders. I did get to see them some time later, Barrels used the Abbreviation, BBL 2ft 8in.& bbl 2ft 10". What do the Tula Gunmakers use in their Gunshops????cc/dt.
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