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Kilograms, used only for drugs and nothing else. (lemmy.nz)

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[-] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

We only measure some calibers in metric. Some we measure in decimals of an inch: .380, .357, .223, .308, .50 BMG.

And the really fun ones have both the caliber and powder charge as one name: 45-70, 30-30, etc.

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[-] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And because fuck you shotguns use gauge. A unit so mindbogglingly archaic it gives me an anurism. And then the British starts with fucking weight for their pieces....

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