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  2. 10mm Auto - Wikipedia

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    10mm Auto. The 10mm Auto (also known as the 10×25mm, official C.I.P. nomenclature: 10 mm Auto, [7] official SAAMI nomenclature: 10mm Automatic) [8] is a powerful and versatile semi-automatic pistol cartridge introduced in 1983. Its design was adopted and later produced by ammunition manufacturer FFV Norma AB of Åmotfors, Sweden.

  3. 10 mm caliber - Wikipedia

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    10 mm caliber. This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the 10 millimetres (0.39 in) to 10.99 millimetres (0.433 in) caliber range. Length refers to the cartridge case length. OAL refers to the overall length of the cartridge. All measurements are in mm (in).

  4. Caliber - Wikipedia

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    The gauge of a shotgun refers to how many lead spheres, each with a diameter equal to that of the bore, that amounts to one pound (454 g (1.0 lb)) in weight. In the case of a 12-gauge (18.5 mm) shotgun, it would take 12 spheres the size of the shotgun's bore to equal a pound. [ 12 ]

  5. British standard ordnance weights and measurements - Wikipedia

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    The British standard ordnance weights and measurements for the artillery were established by the Master General of Ordnance in 1764, and these were not altered until 1919, [citation needed] when the metric system was additionally introduced. This system has largely been replaced by defining the weapon in terms of the measurement of the calibre ...

  6. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    The statwatt (statW) is a unit of power equal to 1 statV⋅statA, which is equal to 100 nW. [ 6 ] The statcoulomb (statC) or franklin (Fr) is a unit of electric charge equal to 1 dyn 1/2 ⋅cm , corresponding to ~ 333.564 pC .

  7. List of scale model sizes - Wikipedia

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    Derived from the used of 10 yards to 1 inch. Works well with 5mm miniatures where a 6' man equals 5.08 mm 1:350: 0.871 mm: Ship models: Though assumed to be a Japanese size for ship models, its origin lies in the UK, with the release of the 1:350 Javelin and Tribal Destroyer kit in December 1945 in the FROG Penguin range.

  8. .40 S&W - Wikipedia

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    The .40 S&W (10.2×22mm) is a rimless pistol cartridge developed jointly by American firearms manufacturers Smith & Wesson and Winchester in 1990. [3] The .40 S&W was developed as a law enforcement cartridge designed to duplicate performance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) reduced-velocity 10mm Auto cartridge which could be retrofitted into medium-frame (9 mm size) semi ...

  9. Unit of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Units of measurement, Palazzo della Ragione, Padua. A unit of measurement, or unit of measure, is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. [1] Any other quantity of that kind can be expressed as a multiple of the unit of measurement.