For the metrically inclined:

40 inches = 1.016 meters

25 yards = 22.85 meters

40 yards = 36.576 meters

1 inches = 0.0254 meters or 2.54 centimeters

1 yard = 0.9144 meters

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    5 months ago

    Also fun fact your whole vodoo imperial system is inherently based on metrics. All definitions of lengths are put in reference to a meters and cm so you too are metrically inclined. You just prefer to do a mental backflip first

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      It’s fairly common knowledge that imperial units are anchored to metric standards now, but that connection doesn’t make someone metrically inclined. Still gotta do the backflip. Continuing to use a worse system is annoying and not something everyone prefers to do, hence OP providing the conversions.

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      We only started defining them that way in the 1980’s. Many peoples reference (at least in America) is literally just standard imperial measures. Before metric references the imperial system was defined by rods and barleycorns, but that doesn’t make anyone barleycorn or rod inclined.

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      Sorry, we are talking about guns here. With guns, as with many other topics, America is #1. So your opinion is irrelevant