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minus-squareMountaineer@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 month ago.308 is 7.62, civilian measurement vs military (there’s actually implications related to pressures, sidewall thicknesses, machining tolerances, but yeah same same)
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoYeah, it’s generally safe to shoot 7.62 from a 308-chambered gun, but not the other way around.
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month ago.308 is caliber in inches thus not metric.
minus-squareI'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agowhy do they use decimal for imperial units?
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoBecause even people who worked in imperial recognized that dealing with stupid fractions is stupid.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoI have a 77/250 rifle at home because I’m a real American.
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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-up4·1 month agoBecause they couldn’t rationalize using fractions.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoMachining is often done in thousandths of an inch.
minus-squareI'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoso why don’t they write 1/1000 in then?
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoBecause, unlike internet pendants, machinists have shit to do.
minus-squareI'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agohttps://lemmy.world/post/14969269
.308
Oh wait…
.308 is 7.62, civilian measurement vs military (there’s actually implications related to pressures, sidewall thicknesses, machining tolerances, but yeah same same)
Yeah, it’s generally safe to shoot 7.62 from a 308-chambered gun, but not the other way around.
Same for 5.56 and .223.
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.
🫡🇺🇲
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