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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Grains as a measure of weight comes from the Troy weight system, think Troy ounce of gold. It is a very old system that for a long time was mostly used by apothecaries and probably has its origins in Ancient Rome.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Grains Apothecary is used to measure powder charge weight is because it was a "fine" enough scale for measuring small amounts of things that if you get it even a tiny bit wrong, can kill you. So, ammunition manufacturer's looked around and scales used for accurately measuring small amounts of drugs were commonly available, so they went with that.

Cool side point: Powder charges are checked by weight and dosed out, (or thrown), by volume as it has always been done since the first gonnes were a thing.