Originally Posted by T_Inman
Steve, the 6/223 would equal 6 / 2+2+3 which would equal 6 / 7, which is about .85 dumbass.

Wayyyy smaller than 7. Do you know anything about rifles?


Back in St Augustine's day (400 A.D.), they didn't use the / (slash) for division. Division wasn't invented until the 1700s. Multiple-cation was developed by Ben Franklin in the 1700s also, to explain taxation to farmers. That's what I learned in school.

New math rules were the reason why you see the 6mm/223 written so many different ways - including 6x45mm. If we applied modern mathemication rules to the metrical designation, the 6x45mm would be a 9. That is, 6x45 = 270. 2+7+0 = 9. But we can't, so it isn't.


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