RIFLE-BARREL STEEL, .30 CALIBER. 70 No. 7400. Marks, M 3 D. Sectional area, .25 square inch. Gauged length, 1". Specimen from the bar. .Remarks. Initial load. Elastic limit. Tensile strength. Permanent set. Successive permanent set. Inch. 0. Inch. 0. 1 . Successive elongation per inch. Inch. 0. .0001 . 0003 .0003 .0003 .0003 . 0005 .0002 . 0002 .0103 .0011 .0007 . 0017 .0040 .0045 .005 .01 .02 .04 Elongation per inch. Inch. 0. .0001 .0004 .0007 .0010 .0013 .0018 . 0020 . 0022 . 0125 .0136 . 0143 .0160 .0200 .0245 .03 .04 .06 .10 Applied loads per square inch. Pounds. 1,000 5,000 10,000 20.000 30.000 40.000 50.000 58.000 59.000 60.000 61,000 62,000 64.000 68.000 72.000 76.000 80.000 88,000 96,000 97,600 General summary. .....................pounds.. 97,600 ......׳................do.... 59,000 .......................inch.. .20 .......................do.......0022 granular 50 per cent, silky 50 per cent Tensile strength per square inch of original section Elastic limit per square inch of original section- Elongation per inch after rupture................. Elongation per inch under strain at elastic limit... Character of broken surface............... .......