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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)

And only some of the bullets.

[–] AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Some of them we disguise the metric cause it's anathema to us, 30 aught 6 for instance.

Look at what we've done just to not have to refer to millimeters!

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

30-06 is a 30 cal bullet which should be 300 thou but is really 308 thousandths of an inch and is commonly designated a 7.62 mm NATO which it isn't because that's measured at the inside of the lands, so its actually 7.82mm.

Simple.

[–] w2tpmf@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

7.62 NATO isn't the same thing as 30-06. 7.62 NATO refers to a specific cartridge, not the bullet projectile itself. It's the same as .308 Winchester. 7.62x51mm.

30-06 is 7.62x63mm

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Damn, you're right.

[–] w2tpmf@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I did not expect that response when I saw a notification. I'm so used to the old place where dropping insightfull info is met with arguments.

😀

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'll try to be more combative in the future.

Let me get my AR10, brb.

[–] w2tpmf@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

That's the spirit.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Now I'm thinking about that copy-pasta about the military guy.

[–] AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Not too get to off topic, but the wildest shit to me is that with a 308 I can buy 7.62 ammunition that was made by Greece during WW2 and recently discovered in a sealed bunker and just straight up shoot with it like no time has passed.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I think it started for the same reason we have metric tools; foreign imports.