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    1 year ago

    They’re not serious before they stop using metric for ammunition

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      1 year ago

      We aren’t unitist when it comes to naming ammo. Half (ratio pulled from my ass) gets named based on US Customary units and half on Metric units. Most calibers get named in whatever unit sounds coolest. Seven point six two PRC (or any variation of the 7.62 verbalization) doesn’t have the same ring or implied power as three hundred PRC.

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        1 year ago

        I guess “9mm” really does sound a lot better than “almost 3/8 inch”

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          1 year ago

          Which 9mm ammo?

          If the common 9mm cartridge, 9x19 Parabellum, were designed in the US back in 1901 it would be a .38 caliber.

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            1 year ago

            No idea, man, I’m European, I have no idea about ammo. I said 9mm because it’s literally the only one I “know”.