Unit Converter

Every conversion a load, a chronograph reading or a reloading manual asks for. Type into any box and the rest of its row follows — there is no convert button and nothing to submit.

Mass

base: gram

Velocity

base: metre per second

Energy

base: joule

Length

base: millimetre — bullet, barrel, drop

Distance

base: metre — range to target

Pressure

base: pascal — chamber pressure

CUP is not here on purpose. Copper Units of Pressure is not PSI in different units — it is a different measurement. CUP reads how far a copper cylinder crushes; PSI reads a piezoelectric transducer. SAAMI states the two cannot be converted, and the rules of thumb that circulate are cartridge-specific and disagree with one another. A factor in this box would have looked exactly as solid as the exact ones beside it.

Temperature

base: degree Celsius — air temperature

Every factor above is exact by definition rather than rounded: a grain is 0.06479891 g, a foot is 0.3048 m, a pound-force is 4.4482216152605 N, and ft·lbf and PSI are derived from those. Nothing here is a measurement, so nothing here has a tolerance.

Converting a load you are about to shoot? The penetration calculator takes the same figures and tells you what they do at the target, and the recoil calculator tells you what they do at your shoulder.