• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    24 hours ago

    Best part is that the measurement is only tangentially related to the actual diameter of the bullet; FN 5.7×28mm, 5.56 NATO, and the soviet 5.6×39mm are all 5.7mm across.

    Unlike gauge, which is always 1 over the cube root of the barrel diameter divided by the cube root of the density of lead.