Optic Pet Peeve

[dshortone]

I saw it TWICE over in the marketplace just now...

3-9x40 ≠ 3x9x40 (and all other variations)

three to nine by forty is NOT three by nine by forty

We've all been there before and had to learn somewhere, but it's like nails on a chalkboard to me.

That is all, carry on.

[bruceflinch]

So which one did you see???

[morfeeis]

I saw it TWICE over in the marketplace just now...

3-9x40 ≠ 3x9x40 (and all other variations)

three to nine by forty is NOT three by nine by forty

We've all been there before and had to learn somewhere, but it's like nails on a chalkboard to me.

That is all, carry on.

did they also try and sale you a rifle with a big clip?

So which one did you see???

Sounds like he saw 3x9x40........

[dshortone]

So which one did you see???

3x9x40, and a few others, but that's the generic one I pick to explain my peeve.

[Divernhunter]

We only do it to upset you and confuse people.

[Mssr. Eleganté]

The guy next to me at the range last weekend was telling his friend about his Winchester lever action rifle in "30 aught 30".

[swifty]

Yeah, now and then someone is wrong on the internet.

[smrtprts]

[dshortone]

It is an epidemic! It's crazy bro, just like the zombie threat.

[jtv3062]

My Redfield has 2x-7x. Is that the wrong way write it?

[Timberwolf]

My Redfield has 2x-7x. Is that the wrong way write it?

yes

[billgato]

2x-7x= -5x

[toby]

3x9x40= 3power,9power,40mm objective 3x9x40 has been used forever! everyone knows the first two numbers are related to power and the third is objective lense size, But I'm sure it's just your peeve?

[call-in]

2x-7x= -5x

So I guess 3-9x40=-33

[Peter.Steele]

So I guess 3-9x40=-33

No, no, no.


You've got your order of operations wrong. Multiplication always goes first. It's -357.