313 INTERNAL STRAINS IN GUN EORGINGS, Muzzle Slice. Interior diameter, 4".29; exterior diameter, 8".50. Original diameters of rings in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inches. 4.4655 5.1439 7.1494 8.3020 Inches. 4.4565 5.1480 7.1596 8.2956 Inches. 4.4610 5.14595 7.1545 8.2988 Rings 1 and 4 detached; rings 2 and 3 in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inches. Inches. Inches. 4.4716 4.4630 4.4673 5.1433 5.1480 5.14565 7.1489 7.1598 7.15435 4 detached - — 8.3043 8.2902 8.29725 RINGS ALL DETACHE». 5.1502 5.1473 5.14875 I 3 detached 7.1442 7.1551 7.14965 ! Muzzle strains released. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inch. +.0061 -.0006 -.0005 + .0023 Inch. +.0065 .0000 +.0002 -.0054 Inch. +.0063 -.0003 -.00015 -.00155 SECOND TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached 3 detached +.0069 -.0047 -.0007 -.0047 + .0031 I -.0047 FIRST TO THIRD PHASE. +.0063 -.0007 + .0028 1 3 detached -.0052 -.0045 -.00485 1