223 INTERNAL STRAINS IN GUN FORGINGS Muzzle Slice. Interior diameter, 4".20; exterior diameter, 8".52. Original diameters of rings in the slice. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inches. 4.3450 5.1479 7.1545 8.3604 Inches. 4.3452 5.1467 7.1344 8.3637 Inches. 4.3451 5.1473 7.14445 8.36205 Bings 1 and 4 detached; rings 2 and 3 in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. 1 detached Inches. 4.3511 5.1470 7.1541 8.3514 Inches. 4.3533 5.1450 7.1333 8.3677 Inches. 4.3522 5.1460 7.1437 8.35955 2 3 4 detached RINGS ALL DETACHED. 2 detached 5.1504 7.1509 5.1490 3 detached Muzzle strains released. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. 1 detached Inch. +.0061 -.0009 -.0004 -.0090 Inch. + .0081 -.0017 -.0011 +.0040 Inch. + .0071 -.0013 -.00075» -.0025 2 in slice 3 in slice 4 detached SECOND TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached 3 detached +.0034 -.0032 +.0040 -.0043 +.0037 -.00375 FIRST TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached + .0025 + .0023 +.0024 3 detached -.0036 -.0054 -.0045