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everything actually important is already metric (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

.308

Oh wait....

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 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)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Same for 5.56 and .223.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

pls explain 🙂

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (5 children)

why do they use decimal for imperial units?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

🫡🇺🇲

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Because they couldn't rationalize using fractions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Machining is often done in thousandths of an inch.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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