The problem I faced with trying to use 1/4" hose on my '96 Savage is that  the hose had to be forced over the fittings to the point of distortion.  Distorting fuel hose like this leads to cracking when the hose dries out with age.  I then went to 5/16" fuel injection hose which fit VERY snug, and used 13-15mm fuel injection type hose clamps to secure it.  This arrangement along with an in-line fuel filter resulted in a very strong, secure set-up that has never leaked.

Ak!  Douse me with hygrozene and gimme a match -- I've done hit me a Minnesota woman with a peter joke reference and done gone down in smokey flames when she gracefully handed it back to me with her caliper all a buzz'n like that .....

Aaahhh, for the shame of it.  Never never swap jokes with a woman, you'll lose every time.  I am mortified and defunct.

(P.S.  they likes to hide behind them gender non-specific names and surprise you when they stick your feet in your mouth (or get you to do it for them, as the case may be)

And now I bet I'm gonna get me a lesson on patronyms or some such further embarassment to complete my total flaming destruction ... no proper woman would ever admit to an intentional bushwacking anyway.

Plus (as all married men know)  they gotta get in the last word ....