235 INTERNAL STRAINS IN GUN FORGINGS, Muzzle Slice. Interior diameter, 4".16; exterior diameter, 8".61. Original diameters of rings in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inches. 4.3083 5.1575 7.1377 Inches. 4.3141 5.1601 7.1368 8.2688 Inches. 4.3112 5.1588 7.13725 8.2667 8.2646 Rings 1 and 4 detached; rings 2 and 3 in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inches. 4.3107 5.1572 7.1377 8.2578 Inches. 4.3171 5.1602 7.1372 8.2714 Inches. 4.3139 5.1587 7.13745 8.2646 RINGS ALL DETACHED. 5.1595 7.1359 5.1602 7.1347 5.15985 7.1353 Muzzle strains released. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inch. + .0024 -.0008 .0000 -.0068 Inch. + .0030 + .0001 + .0004 +.0026 Inch. +.0027 -.0001 + .0002 -.0021 SECOND TO THIRD PHASE. + .0023 -.0018 + .0000 -.0025 + .00115 -.00215 FIRST TO THIRD PHASE. + .0020 + .0001 + .00105 -.0018 -.0021 -.00195 1