283 INTERNAL STRAINS IN GUN FORGINGS Breech Slice. Interior diameter, 4".75; exterior diameter, 10".46. Original diameters of rings in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. 1 Inches. 4.9025 Inches. 4.8960 Inches. 4.89925 2 5.6508 5.6525 5.65165 3 9.6496 9.6442 9.6469 4 10.2805 10.2715 10.2760 Rings 1 and 4 detached; rings 2 and 3 in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inches. Inches. Inches. 1 detached 4.9058 4.8979 4.90185 5.6502 5.6516 5.6509 3 9.6497 9.6439 9.6468 4 detached 10.2772 10.2718 10.2745 RINGS ALL DETACHED. 5.6513 5.6542 5.65275 9.6441 9.6475 9.6458 Breach strains released. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. 1 detached Inch. +.0033 -.0006 + .0001 -.0033 Inch. + .0019 -.0009 -.0003 + .0003 Inch. +.0026 -.00075 -.0001 -.0015 SECOND TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached +.0011 +.0026 +.00185 3 detached -.0056 +.0036 -.0010 FIRST TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached - + .0005 + .0017 + .0011 3 detached -.0055 +.0033 -.0011