What is the difference between inches, millimeters and caliber when talking about guns?

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What is the difference between inches, millimeters and caliber when talking about guns?

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Caliber is a hybrid measurement based on the inch, used only for guns. It is based on a decimal division of the inch into hundredths. This is different to engineering, which breaks the inch into fractions such as 9/16. Both methods are inferior to the metric system of millimetres.

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