331 INTERNAL STRAINS IN GUN FORGINGS. Muzzle Slice. Interior diameter, 4".14; exterior diameter, 8".56. Original diameters of rings in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inches. 4.2630 Inches. 4.2622 Inches. 4.2626 5.1398 5.1402 5.1400 7.1408 7.1435 7.14215 8.2751 8.2691 8.2721 Rings 1 and 4 detached; rings 2 and 3 in the slice. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inches. 4.2688 5.1389 7.1405 8.2673 Inches. 4.2692 5.1394 7.1429 8.2651 Inches. 4.2690 5.13915 7.1U7 8.2662 RINGS ALL DETACHED. 5.1422 7.13825 5.1432 7.1407 5.1412 7.1358 2 detached 3 detached Muzzle strains released. Rings. Diameters. A. B. Mean. Inch. +.0058 -.0009 -. 0003 -.0078 Inch. + .0070 -.0008 -.0006 -.0040 Inch. +.0064 -.00085 —.000*5 -.0069 SECOND TO THIRD PHASE. + .0023 +.0038 +.00305 3 detached -.0047 -.0022 -.00345 FIRST TO THIRD PHASE. + .0014 + .0030 + .0022 3 detached -.0050 -7-, 0028 -.0039