no_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 2 years agoeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldimagemessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1719arrow-down129
arrow-up1690arrow-down1imageeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldno_comment@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 2 years agomessage-square154fedilink
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years ago.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agowhy do they use decimal for imperial units?
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoI have a 77/250 rifle at home because I’m a real American.
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoIt means the round fired by the gun is .308 inches in diameter, or 7.62mm. Gun caliber is measured in inches for Imperial.
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoBecause they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoMachining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoso why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoBecause, unlike internet pendants, machinists have shit to do.
minus-squareBOMBS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agohttps://lemmy.world/post/14969269
.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.
why do they use decimal for imperial units?
I have a 77/250 rifle at home because I’m a real American.
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It means the round fired by the gun is .308 inches in diameter, or 7.62mm. Gun caliber is measured in inches for Imperial.
Because they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.
Machining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
so why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?
Because, unlike internet pendants, machinists have shit to do.
https://lemmy.world/post/14969269