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People do not know much about old cartridge powder measures though :D



"Grains" are still used for measuring out powder/chemicals (also arrows). If I saw "gr", I'd interpret that as grains rather than grammes as "g" is definitely grammes, so the extra "r" must signify something.


Air rifle bullets are typically specified in grains, for example




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