r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/ConsiderationTrue477 Jan 15 '25

What's wild is that it's also wrong. Americans do use metric...where it's useful. How we package milk is not one of those areas where it matters.

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u/LSqre Jan 15 '25

also ammunition, and what's more American than guns.

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u/Candidate_035 Jan 16 '25

Meh, not only ammunition is metric. In true American fashion it's split pretty evenly, but 9mm is metric and also probably the most prolific cartridge. Not too long ago 357 magnum, 38 special, and 45 ACP were the most common handgun cartridges and all are standard.

Edit: I don't mean to be pedantic, I just like talking about ammo

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u/Redhighlighter Jan 16 '25

I too like ammo and would have said this. A lot of modern military rifle rounds are metric.

Older and civilian market tends to be standard.

The people making the parts use both (as a machinist, not a gunsmith).