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emptybitsyesterday at 5:19 PM2 repliesview on HN

His trebuchet launched a 4 gram projectile at 776 miles per hour.

That's obviously extremely lightweight for trebuchet payload, but for comparison, his projectile is approximately 62 grains so approximately twice as heavy as 30 grain high speed 22LR rounds. And approximately 1.5 times as heavy as 40 grain subsonic rounds.


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drcongoyesterday at 6:52 PM

What does grains mean in this context?

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