267 INTERNAL STRAINS IN GUN FORGINGS, Muzzle Slice. Interior diameter, 4".16; exterior diameter, 8".52. Original diameters of rings in the slice. Rings. Diameters. C. D. Mean. Inches. 4.8058 5.1550 7.1496 8.8368 Inches. 4.3045 5.1546 7.1475 8.3409 Inches. 4.30515 5.1548 7.14855 8.33885 Kings 1 and 4 detached; rings 2 and 3 in the slice. Rings. • Diameters. C. D. Mean. Inches. 4.3122 5.1543 7.1492 8.3260 Biches. 4.3109 5.1533 7.1466 8.3360 Inches. 4.31155 5.1538 7.1479 8.3310 RINGS ALL DETACHED. 5.1576 7.1457 5.1557 7.1440 5.15665 7.14485 Muzzle strains released. Rings. Diameters. C. D. Mean. Inch. + .0064 -.0007 -.0004 -.0108 Inch. + .0064 -. 0013 -.0009 -.0049 Inch. +.0064 -.0010 -.00065 -.00785 SECOND TO THIRD PHASE. + .0033 -.0035 + .0024 -.0026 +.00285 -.00305 FIRST TO THIRD PHASE. +.0026 -.0039 + .0011 -.0035 + .00185 -.0037