Thank you for that clarification Hugh.
The source of my confusion is the 2006 Rules of Proof
https://www.gunmakers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Rules-of-Proof-2006.pdf
Rule 18 on p.9 references p. 42 which lists the bores in mm in .1 mm increments
.729" = 18.5
.732" = 18.6 which we may assume was the original bore under the 1954 Rules?