Comment on everything actually important is already metric
pls explain 🙂
.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.
why do they use decimal for imperial units?
Because even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.
I have a 77/250 rifle at home because I’m a real American.
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Because they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.
It means the round fired by the gun is .308 inches in diameter, or 7.62mm. Gun caliber is measured in inches for Imperial.
Machining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
so why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.
BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 11 months ago
why do they use decimal for imperial units?
Liz@midwest.social 11 months ago
Because even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I have a 77/250 rifle at home because I’m a real American.
BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 11 months ago
🫡🇺🇲
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Because they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.
ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 11 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.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Machining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 11 months ago
so why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?