For the metrically inclined:

40 inches = 1.016 meters

25 yards = 22.85 meters

40 yards = 36.576 meters

1 inches = 0.0254 meters or 2.54 centimeters

1 yard = 0.9144 meters

  • JustCopyingOthers@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Would the spread with the cylinder choke also be indicative of the accuracy of a muzzle loading smooth bore musket?

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      4 months ago

      To a degree yes, for that you’d ideally want a uniform barrel. But then again you don’t have rifling, so you’re already not on a great foot.

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    5 months ago

    Sorry I don’t know anything about guns, but is this the barrel getting smaller right at the end? What would happen if you were to fire a solid slug?

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      5 months ago

      Nothing good. It would damage the choke and possibly banana peel the barrel.

      Chokes are removable, and it would be advised to remove them for shooting a slug.

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    5 months ago

    Not having standardized decimal indicators in maths really took me for a ride.

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      5 months ago

      Is your existence just to complain about insignificant things in otherwise interesting content? Sounds miserable.

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        5 months ago

        Yeah that would sound miserable. Kinda didn’t complain tho just pointed it out bc I first read it as 1016m. See to complain I would need to explicitly say I am unhappy or that this would need to change. I just pointed out that due to me having a different understanding of decimal indication I was confused for a second.

        You know what would be miserable tho? Misinterpreting a comment and then jumping to a conclusion about another person’s happiness. Go out. Touch some grass. Think about why you so quickly came to such a negative conclusion. Get happy. ✌️

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    5 months ago

    Also fun fact your whole vodoo imperial system is inherently based on metrics. All definitions of lengths are put in reference to a meters and cm so you too are metrically inclined. You just prefer to do a mental backflip first

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      It’s fairly common knowledge that imperial units are anchored to metric standards now, but that connection doesn’t make someone metrically inclined. Still gotta do the backflip. Continuing to use a worse system is annoying and not something everyone prefers to do, hence OP providing the conversions.