Designation

Diameter

Mass

Number of shot

â

inch

mm

grains

grams

per oz

per 10g

LG

0.360

9.14

69.70

4.54

6.3

2.2

MG mould

0.347

8.81

62.42

4.07

7.0

2.5

SG

0.332

8.43

54.67

3.56

8.0

2.8

Special SG

0.298

7.57

39.53

2.58

11.1

3.9

SSG

0.269

6.83

29.08

1.90

15.0

5.3

SSSG

0.245

6.22

21.97

1.43

19.9

7.0

SSSSG

0.227

5.77

17.47

1.14

25.0

8.8

SSSSSG

0.214

5.44

14.64

0.95

29.9

10.5

AAA

0.203

5.16

12.50

0.81

35.0

12.3

AA

0.194

4.92

10.91

0.71

40.1

14.1

A

0.180

4.57

8.71

0.57

50.2

17.6

BBB

0.170

4.32

7.34

0.48

59.6

20.9

BB

0.161

4.09

6.23

0.41

70.2

24.6

B

0.154

3.91

5.46

0.36

80.2

28.1

1

0.143

3.63

4.37

0.28

100.1

35.1

2

0.135

3.43

3.68

0.24

119.0

41.7

3

0.128

3.25

3.13

0.20

139.6

49.0

4

0.120

3.05

2.58

0.17

169.5

59.4

5

0.110

2.79

1.99

0.13

220.0

77.1

5½

0.107

2.72

1.83

0.12

239.1

83.8

6

0.102

2.59

1.59

0.10

276.0

96.8

6½

0.099

2.51

1.45

0.09

301.8

105.8

7

0.095

2.41

1.28

0.08

341.6

119.8

7½

0.090

2.28

1.09

0.07

401.7

140.9

8

0.087

2.21

0.98

0.06

444.7

155.9

9

0.080

2.03

0.76

0.05

572.0

200.6

10

0.070

1.78

0.51

0.03

853.8

299.4

England

Æ mm

USA & Sweden

France

Belgium & Holland

Italy

Spain

LG

9.1

-

-

-

-

-

SG

8.4

00 Buck

-

-

9G

11/0

Sp.SG

7.6

1 Buck

C2

12G

9/0

-

SSG

6.8

3 Buck

C3

-

-

-

AAA

5.2

4 Buck

5/0

-

-

-

BB

4.1

Air rifle

1

00

00

1

1

3.6

2

3

-

1 or 2

3

3

3.3

4

4

-

3

4

4

3.1

5

5

-

4

5

5

2.8

6

6

5

5

6

6

2.6

-

-

6

6

-

7

2.4

7 ½

7

7

7½

7

8

2.2

-

8

8

-

8

9

2.0

9

9

9

9½

9