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everything actually important is already metric (lemmy.world)
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[–] Arve@lemmy.world 79 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget the most important US measurements of them all: 5.56, 7.62, 9, etc.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

.308

Oh wait....

[–] Mountaineer@aussie.zone 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

.308 is 7.62, civilian measurement vs military (there's actually implications related to pressures, sidewall thicknesses, machining tolerances, but yeah same same)

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's generally safe to shoot 7.62 from a 308-chambered gun, but not the other way around.

[–] Enk1@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Same for 5.56 and .223.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

pls explain 🙂

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (5 children)

why do they use decimal for imperial units?

[–] Liz@midwest.social 17 points 3 months ago

Because even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have a 77/250 rifle at home because I’m a real American.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

🫡🇺🇲

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago

It means the round fired by the gun is .308 inches in diameter, or 7.62mm. Gun caliber is measured in inches for Imperial.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

Because they couldn't rationalize using fractions.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Machining is often done in thousandths of an inch.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

so why don't they write 1/1000 in then?

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Because, unlike internet pendants, machinists have shit to do.