Originally Posted by JBLondon
The UK govt. adopted the metric system in 1965 and, as in Canada, many of the citizens still think of length in imperial. If your odd-inch-length British barrels are pre-1965, then I wouldn't think metric conversion has anything to do with it.
It would if they were sourcing rough or semifinished barrels from Belgium or France, which the bulk of the cottage makers and finishers probably were They likely may have bought stock length european barrels and trimmed them to shorter even inch lengths.

Last edited by AGS; 02/25/22 08:04 PM.