277 INTERNAL STRAINS IN GUN FORGINGS, Muzzle Slice. Interior diameter, 419.״; exterior diameter, 8".57. Original diameters of rings in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. 1 Inches. 4.3594 5.1492 7.1485 8.1155 Inches. 4.3553 5.1361 7.1470 8.1125 Inches. 4.35735 5.14265 7.14775 8.1140 2 3 4 Rings 1 and 4 detached; rings 2 and 8 in the slice. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inches. 4.3645 5.1483 7.1481 8.1194 Inches. 4.3614 5.1361 7.1472 8.0964 Inches. 4;36295 5.1422 7.14765 8.1079 Rings. 1 detached 2 ...... 3 ...... 4 detached RINGS ALL DETACHED. 5.1388 5.14465 7.1434 7.1442 5.1505 7.1450 2 detached 3 detached Muzzle strains released. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inch. +.0051 -.0009 -.0004 + .0039 Inch. +.0061 .0000 +.0002 -.0161 Inch. + .0056 -.00045 -.0001 -.0061 Rings. 1 detached 2 in slice .. 3 in slice .. 4 detached SECOND TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached +.0022 +.0027 + .00245 3 detached -.0031 -.0038 -.00345 FIRST TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached +.0013 -.0035 3 detached rr