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Originally Posted by rat156
Strangely the XD uses imperial for the mechanicals, but metric for the body. I grew up working on metric cars, so these make much more sense to me, 10 mm is smaller than 11 mm.
Cheers
Stuart
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Hi Stuart,
I can understand there being a difference as it probably comes down to where the parts are sourced.
I grew up learning imperial at school and then having to learn both imperial AND metric going through my trade. I went through the stage of transition, so I am comfortable with both, otherwise it would have damn confusing. So, I guess I am lucky in that regard, I understand both systems.
As you point out Stuart, it must be hard for those that have only learned the metric system. Metric is certainly easier to understand.
Most of my measuring tools were imperial dial gauges and verniers, until I recently upgraded to a digital Mitutoyo Verniers. And that was an expensive exercise, but it sure makes it easier having a digital gauge as you can swap between measurements. I also bought a small pocket digital vernier from the US that has metric, imperial and 'fractions', which is unusual, but sure is handy.
Cheers Peter