Competions in Meters

[hogpatrol]

Some real fun is watching guys trying to decipher mil-dot scopes on a yardage range.

 

[NZ_Fclass]

When they start using furlongs, I expect heads to explode.

At least furlongs are an Imperial measurement. 2 furlongs is 402.335 metres.

 

[NZ_Fclass]

Some real fun is watching guys trying to decipher mil-dot scopes on a yardage range.

Yes - every Sunday, Particularly new shooters that turn up with a 6.5 Creed etc. I do have the dope, as I have a Leica metric scope on my varmint 223 - So Mil rads - but no subtensions on the reticle

 

[D Coots]

Then there's the adoption of soccer and roundabouts........

 

[Ned Ludd]

At least furlongs are an Imperial measurement. 402.335 metres.

A furlong is 220 yards, or 1/8th of a mile. It actually wouldn't be a bad increment/measurement for certain shooting disciplines. I'm really just poking fun at the premise there is some "difference" between yards and metres. Who cares? Just shoot it.

 

[marchx]

I live and compete in the United States of America and am proud of it. When I compete in other countries I have no problem with using the metric system.

Why is the metric system being used in the United States of America?

Later
Dave

Mit allem gebotenen Respekt, because it's more convenient and majority of the world is using it.

 

[D Coots]

Mit allem gebotenen Respekt, because it's more convenient and majority of the world is using it.

I don't speak Polish, or what is that language.? My question is, why is the metric system more convenient?

 

[Jager]

Because rifles don't care.

 

[shockman]

Every metric designation is a factor of 10, actually a much better system if we were brought up with it.

 

[rwj]

Every metric designation is a factor of 10, actually a much better system if we were brought up with it.

We were brought up learning a base 10 system - our currency!

 

[shockman]

Mit allem gebotenen Respekt
with all due respect

 

[hogpatrol]

If anyone remembers, the stock exchanges quoted share prices in fractions, e.g. 15 & 1/8.
Thankfully, they went to the decimal system and down to the penny.

 

[praveen]

Metric system is convenient because it is a base 10 system. All calculations and conversions become simple. And with an added benefit of getting as much precision as you want without tangling yourself in conversions.
While woodworking, I often have to pull a pencil and paper to do something like : 13 7/16 + 2 1/4 + 3 7/32 - 2 15/16. This would never happen in a metric system because it would be something like : 34 + 23 + 2 - 13.
Easy to handle in your head or a simple calculator.
Liquids is similar. 1 liter = 100 centileters = 1000 mls. Its easy to figure out if I say I need 15.86 liters of whatever and you can convert it to ml. If I said, 15 3/16 gallons, you would atleast pause or more before you can tell me how many cups is 3/16 gallons.
Temperature and weight is the same.
I know its an unpopular opinion in the US and especially on an internet forum but tying a measurement system to national pride is misguided at the very least.

 

[hogpatrol]

Next to Digital Equipment Company telling Bill Gates, "No Thanks", the greatest mistake in the history of the industrial world was the U.S. not adopting the metric system. It has cost us literally millions of good jobs and a LOT of wasted money.

 

[SG4247]

Honestly, us engineers have been trained in both systems since my time as a student in the 80s.

Having either on drawings and in systems design is not a big deal at all, and generally not even noticed.

I don’t even have a preference of one system over the other - at 56 years old.

 

[L2R23]

Isn't commercial airline industry altitude measured feet?

 

[rwj]

Having either on drawings and in systems design is not a big deal at all, and generally not even noticed.

Didn’t NASA crash a satellite into a planet because its guidance system was programmed using the imperial value/units for acceleration instead of metric?

 

[Monte F]

Isn't commercial airline industry altitude measured feet?

Most countries use feet as a carryover from the beginning here with the Wright brothers. Russia in particular uses metric (metres). This has caused problems with international flights and charts, communication, etc...
We still use knots for speed while some use KPH, again this causes problems internationally.

 

[D Coots]

Yes the metric system is undoubtedly more simple, but we have those pesky conversion tables to solve that problem. Due to the fact that the USA has bankrolled and protected the rest of the world for years and years, how about they adopt our system, or better yet, pay for changing our system to metric...problem solved.

Ask any contractor about the cost of converting to metric. That's just the tip of the iceberg as far as cost. Years ago the Iowa DOT was trying to shove the metric system down contractor's throats by changing their spec book to metric and putting jobs out for bid. I recall when Paul Harvey talked about the Iowa DOT backing away from the metric system back in the early 90's. He mentioned they came to their senses. This change took place after the DOT met with members of Iowa's road building industry at a meeting in Des Moines. I just happened to be President of the Iowa Limestone Producers Accociation that year and had a seat at that table . I knew several of the people from the DOT as I had been on some committees with them. Much discussion took place. At the end of the day the legislative guy from the Associated General Contractor's of Iowa got up and said if the DOT didn't back off we would go through the Iowa Legislature to stop it. They backed off.....they like making rules, not following them.

As Paul Harvey said....the rest of the story.

 

[SecondsCount]

Some real fun is watching guys trying to decipher mil-dot scopes on a yardage range.

I was at a range a few years back and a guy wanted to know if the range was 100 yards or meters. He said that he needed a 100 meter range to zero his mildot scope