[at-l] Stoves grams and ounces

[icw@xxxxxxxxxxx (Clark Wright)]

glad you cleared that up about measuring gunpowder . . . of course,
these crazy days, that might get you on tom ridge's or john ashcroft's
lists quicker than the other stuff! :)  [just kiddin on all this!]

thru-thinker

ATFreightTrain@aol.com wrote:

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> In a message dated 2/21/2003 2:45:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> hudsom@us.ibm.com writes:
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>>Borrowed a scale and went through weighing my backpacking gear. The
>>mini-soda can stove I made come in at 0.4 grams (1.4 oz), with the simmer
>>ring
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> umm,  for whats its worth,    there are 28 grams in an ounce... so if the
> stove weighed  less than half a gram, than  it does not weigh 1.4  oz.
> there are 15.62 or so grains in a gram and 28 grams in an ounce,   one small
> paper clip weighs 6 grains as a comparison,  and would be close to 0.4 grams.
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> I have a RCBS model 304 Pharmasutical grade powder scale i use to measure
> gunpowder and it weighs  down to 1/10th of one grain
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> train
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