What is the present status of 7.62 mm ammunition? This was previously known as 30 caliber ammunition. i.e. 0.30 inch x 25.4 mm/inch = 7.62 mm
---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 15:03:53 -0700 >From: Al Lawrence <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:47440] Re: Ammunition diameter >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > .21889 inches is basically .22 or a 22 caliber > bullet (at least in the US). Caliber is usually the > diameter of the bullet in inches, normally referred > to without the decimal point. An M-16, or any other > modern military gun, would be designed to optimize > things such as the weight of the gun and the > ammunition, stopping power, the action of the bullet > when hitting flesh, imparting maximum energy to the > target (instead of passing through), and a host of > other factors. Guns are not designed to accept a > round unit bullet, the size of the bullet is > determined by desired performance. The result is > usually odd unit dimensions in both inches and mm. > > Alan Lawrence > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:47439] Re: Ammunition diameter > Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 21:42:59 +0100 > > Hi all, > > > > 5.56 mm looks like 5/9 cm to me. > > > > Regards > > > > Martin > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and > e-mail from your inbox. Get started.
