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Old 05-19-2006 | 06:09 PM
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Default grains= grams??

you dont go to the store and buy 125 grains of something do you? what does grains equal to grams?
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Old 05-19-2006 | 07:07 PM
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1 gram = 15.43 grains. I don't know why we use grains. Probably tradition related to firearms or something.
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Old 05-19-2006 | 07:18 PM
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Take all that with a grain of salt.




metric ->
imperial

1 milligram [mg]

0.0154 grain

1 gram [g]
1,000 mg
0.0353 oz

1 kilogram [kg]
1,000 g
2.2046 lb

1 tonne [t]
1,000 kg
0.9842 ton

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Old 05-19-2006 | 07:54 PM
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It just makes everything in America look bigger and better! J.K.
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Old 05-20-2006 | 01:02 PM
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It just makes everything in America look bigger and better! J.K.
YES Sir!!!
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Old 05-20-2006 | 09:26 PM
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1 grain = 0.064 798 91 gram
1 gram = 15.432 358 353 grain
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