Comment on everything actually important is already metric

• Mountaineer@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • Enk1@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same for 5.56 and .223.

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• BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  pls explain 🙂

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  • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    .308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.

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    • BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      why do they use decimal for imperial units?

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      • Liz@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Because they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.

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      • ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨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.

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      • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Machining is often done in thousandths of an inch.

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