317 INTERNAL STRAINS IN GUN EORGINGS, Muzzle Slice. Interior diameter, 4".17; exterior diameter, 8".53. Original diameters of rings in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. 1 Inches. 4.3436 Inches. 4.3419 Inches. 4.34275 2 5.1572 5.1549 5.15605 3 7.1492 7.1516 7.1504 4 8.3899 8.3851 8.3875 Rings 1 and 4 detached; rings 2 and 3 in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inches. 4.3484 5.1562 7.1484 8.3836 Inches. 4.3465 5.1539 7.1510 8.3813 Inches. 4.34745 5.15505 7.1497 8.38245 2 3 RINGS ALL DETACHED. 2 detached 5.1567 5.1549 5.1558 3 detached 7.1472 7.1494 7.1483 Muzzle strains releas( Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inch. + .0048 -.0010 -.0008 -.0063 Inch. +.0046 -.0010 -.0006 -. 0038 Inch. +.0047 -.0010 -.0007 -.00505 SECOND TO THIRD PHASE. 2 detached + .0005 +. 0010 + .00075 3 detached -.0012 -.0016 —.0014 FIRST TO THIRD PHASE. -.0005 .0000 —.00025 -.0020 -.0022 -.0021