Show GUN I 1 MAKING I 1 I 1 A trade hint ama alws b he the L 0 fine flue arts I 1 I 1 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 if ritti b I 1 the manufacturing of gun gup metal petal and maliff making ig it t into gun barrels may be classed as one ond of the f fine in aits at ti i if it a thorough and reliable metal is wanted for purposes independent nt of gun barrels baird 1 I E biow 1017 aften we hear ea of gun metal being used 1 the past fifteen years have hale wit essed great changes and wonder iu improvements id in the manufacture of gun metal etl i at one time tie english gu gun ill m bakera a ker depended le ent entirely irely u upon port the supply of lot scraps scrape I 1 affine iron and ayd seel such a as 3 horseshoe nails ol 01 coal concu clippings of sa saws Ws steel pu pip I 1 scraps scrap 30 scraps great and small ou of alt kinds 11 I 1 i the pieces were carefully sorie and band placed eil in a cylinder revolving bev vint J n slowly which polished and cleaned 9 i them by attrition one a against other I 1 they ere then cut la in P pieces lie ea of uniform size bize and blac laced edin in ahe ec furnace until at a white heat then gathered in a bloom after which being placed under the ham mer were welded into a rough cubi of iron this I 1 aube wea waa rolled ino bara c cut ut into lengths and the mu number of lenAt lengths bs required bun bundled died to pother gether allda and again gain brought to a white heat beat then hammered into I 1 adds bf 5 16 inch square or smaller oc or larger as demanded by the ilic barrel arr ei welder for alio work in hand I 1 avone at one time fine damascus barrels were made almost entirely from old coach spring it i was vas flun this would make very strong and fine barrels and showed a great freedom from grays gray specks that disfigured tha barrels but did lid not impair their strength etwas it was not thou pc peculiar euliar wear the fine metal in the coach springs had been subject to had bad a tendency CY t to peculiarly fit barrel 1 i I 1 be this thi as it ma mayther there fr cert t fine tu lubes bes i made fra froma V il co coach a spring metal As the years rolled on the dc de maud exceeded the supply juull at last gu gun n metal bad tp be laoc from pig metal of odthe the deiy best gres j so far reference ihas hils been made noly tn anth t ti t i i 1 tiu 11 u makeup make up of fina fine damas damascus is and laminated barrels 1 interior fail metal tal sera scraps Ts of all kinds a are re used fur for making the barrels 14 of the cheap guns this metal is ib graded and named hamdam I 1 and charcoal iron sham darn dain is is the poorest from it the cheap twist barrels bre made mad ir from laminated laminate and cour T J 1 r figures agures gures are ina manufactured and liia make kt 0 I 1 a very very durable dairo barrels ifor g at 1 charcoal rori il lanade tm e UP spirito 3 ito medium indium and coarse figure damascus n d daml na ted barrels thi m metal etal is compo composed ed kofold of old files and pieces piece of steel of f the sal nepT ia ifie up lip into small cubes then put in tile fu furnace reca and nd nio worked rabil ili tuf I 1 alre bloom i is then li heated and rolled into bars bari ren ready dy for fbi r us use e this metal makes good and desirable the use odthe aboc I 1 described deac ril d mate nala ia s has fias been al most antl entirely aref isu superseded persed cf by the 0 jw paring 2 ri gun barrel metal tight right irom t ine the e I 1 I 1 pig the best of pig iron is obtained and nd placed in the furnace and reduced t to o a fluid guid state this operation 0 o 0 cleanses it t I 1 46 fram in g ail 1 I k d iro r 0 s I 1 11 t I 1 is then steu allowed to 0 ego and while I 1 tile temper temperature aturo 1 l I 1 lis gathered anuw or kea tj ge 3 n bloom sand it tapa goes to the steam hammer linde r V aich it assumes asi umes the shape of sr it then passes through va various bous troll rolls until n til the diameter and ip length chef bar ja qui quiren f are attained 1 tiled ahe e hammering has condenser the metal and e eliminated ii inina ted ciany many of tal iho impurities the rolli najja augmented its 16 ten acety and ductility elongating and ramifying the mud mild steel to be used in id with tb the efine fine iron antis is prepared I 1 4 a irim d 1 I lar manner and is made from best eit swedish pig iron and becomes ve very r y tensa us and i p t the fiehn heating go hamme an nao dolling in these three operations there is is a constant loss of or metal the lo 10 loss 83 in in udd ling ia is A about 1 1 19 per 4 ant t an and rolling tolling trot w J ah I 1 jarl aft jn T the lie bara bars beang now rea ready a arc precut cut into equal lengths and budd huddled led together put in the furnace heated an and welded and J at lb i mg nanto into rods this his 1 beating batin roll 61 ing and hammering am erin is is gone one through wit with h from five veto lo 10 seven 0 ven times in the operation of making first quality brands brandi w 11 i J A x the quantity of mild steel to be used in connection connect ibn wath the iron having bien been determined on in say ba 06 per cent of mild steel in rods and 45 5 percent of agn of jrsn iff in I 1 rods 6 vebe 1 hta 1 inch square if afine fifine I 1 wats f figured gu e damascus fohir rods of iron and four of steel are 1 I 1 first taju IP firof iran iron alfe tamone one lo 10 oy sal sti ver d M soon until all are bundled t heri ghisi I 1 making eight in all this bundle is then white heat beat and j brought jiuu ta w a a i lve PU f a steel t e I 1 andiron IJ iron welded together a i and pird foiled v mana aay autan n I 1 I 1 ji M A di buol iiii i 1 I 1 f I 1 i rod the red va again gain heated heatedly I 1 brou brought out placed in a machine for the purpose and tf twisted is ted like a rope t til it has tins ten or filieri fil ceri urns urna aoah inch ili the number of turns determining 4 iia fineness 6 ey of the figure e T this h i 9 owr severe 1 1 6 amsil 19 1114 beloit I 1 06 e d roll 0 the tv desai desired cd 1640 A ancl I 1 I 1 I 1 inthea int iea va f i cd Us thickness fifty pg I 1 ell 1 kwof xi 2 P f t b esa solid 0 ita spine cods are now phiea placed side by bule TF with ith atie twist bs f opposite djup dirac e tan aj to each ah other i and ro rolled iad into I 1 a it aa rod of say 94 of if an abrich d rich i id etar the thi muzzle ends tha bar re r res s aag fard made in two wo parts and in thalus the tast 4 operation ratiba of weldi welding 1 I balle if e k 61 I 1 fag afie are ard to q gopher 6 alier ui ahe 1 I middle 1 these 5 rod 8 ofa 1 l a an andl afe in n I 1 cheale air agail gital I 1 heated and I 1 twisted ly in ill 6 the e AA form dl 0 a spiral tibbe hief this tod hueu 1 I hea afeei td 0 o wair a while e h hestand eat I 1 itald g I 1 1 f the master sier ha va Is bi by Y I 1 k kutck ae I 1 and deft mt the 64 annand jfhn the oah boits coits cois wel welded I 1 d t together ag ether they ara are then wn immediately adia I 1 t hr placed on W a grooved rasti fib and d harti I 1 I 1 ia lightly to iouna adm P ap pp t all 4 MM for f of idd ab anaf d breach enids b of f the barrel arfel dav having in been ihus thu ittel it elded a ed the tle n ei L 89 ia is to join the breech ardithe mug amual 19 together I 1 a ver nali t and find ur of 6 r wr cark k but na 1 I P L 4 rf t I 1 and add per 1 orm a d 0 on first damascus oy ot laminate laminated ufa barris rr I 1 Is 11 av would ul d ta a kothe bayef expert ta deleat ih the jointure 1 t tho NJ whole tube from breech e I 1 r As asif ih made dd e brorn af I 1 rod I 1 1 I 1 the enda of tile iw isa d c alg are h heat aie eh i a an aal joined dr a agu ig e tap iv 6 on fild ila anvil and alid abb I 1 jj is comple completed ed r t n I 1 in all these operation of P heating ng lia I 1 I 1 i 1 I b inife 0 11 ll ingi 5 aroh roh ha 66 been beil fri ahe fire frie 61 seven v ddn or me besand sand under each nanu ah pu lat lation ion h ha grown purer stronger I 1 IF IV with increased density and Y re rea aft ing in the strongest sf and ind at t le lasame same A vms most 61 iti bidd iron knowin arg IV i V M sae and iha t i is s the tild flum corn I 1 of which ee tade I 1 att I 1 1 I 1 i incoming idith within I 1 in ile 11 gc scope of f tiled articles the 0 o laa guif kull metal is experiment teu hadean fi testing a variety of f r roda fask eho A rod C lg 16 ide inch ll 11 elds vl 16 I 1 4 tt jf buu if aa aa cil equal al to a tn at barl I 1 this mod moheb ca of f proper id a i gun bae A kcf it an Id husta in A of over civa 60 p a to iho square inch of the barrel ais therefore obvious abo th barrel hirel 13 w abundantly r able ab tb kista ift the press pressure el li by baer lil f it i guu fas J the idda I 1 s I 1 prevalent tc valeni that gun sun are r 6 I 1 11 ladd from oue bacce af aroa ar benl ro that is a solid bar of metal I 1 is pe fife pared and a hole hold bored through it from end to end this is true irth ath somo sorn q of the very cheap cheap I 1 guns glins made ade fr from f oui tl t leel 1 i t 11 haye hays to tp I 1 explain afi that t damascus and laminated ba barrels frels aire fronita froni tap twp tw br morer odst af pf different kinds of naetali metal twist li 10 il I 1 all 1 1 t I 1 K rols may ma b ex ular 0 irani I 1 apt rpt one n c aio more re rods wh when n made irom one jod rod alib rod is is effit it Y weld eld 1 ed 11 ri 1 1 1 I aus the pi I 1 be te light so as to haual I 1 1 quickly abd not fiot I 1 fatigue tigue Ira the sportsman timan in carrying carrying it and at the lp in e sustain its proportionate charge I 1 r e af pf f powder han hence alf if tai the na E A ight ih 4 at ali f a ame i e be s stran t I 1 n r 9 i all faw J I 1 by a g i 4 that 11 1 tha as described they are t to 0 the eye the mild steel and find iron being incorporate difeO intimately and regularly from d a figure fl aure the e figure is bu faintly p perceptible rc in h ho br bright i ia lit metal wetal 11 it 14 on tho barrels I 1 are and C tuen browning put on that it bomea 4 vf fully till out the rich dark ordan coar ii t thiron tn iron while tae as atje taste cleel el 0 1 b bedded tp gether er adf ail 4 running reg regularly look nov unlike i a Piece of co e w 11 1 have had dil thir called 1 cap ip this aris ri i work 0 have admired t ana flop won uzl acri 1 I be foreit end a fine gun was ethl thI MIli ina mete piece W wood to con ve an 1 aau 0 thi expense of akhiR f dp h P barrels in I 1 h af pf araw beal n argay ll 11 may add tit akes tuk i es alt pf af prep prepared a ved I 1 I 1 an naru P PP p ir apu i a mw wa pa I 1 r gaigg bauge barrel chich il k 1 ea corn cje I 1 I 1 ni t I 1 3 ayi 21 and df f bot I 1 um t pm ia i j ti tl u d il va b h an ia 1 q 9 1 T juaner for r 4 0 4 d 1 9 ansi A A po Q ILI N 1 ipe PA atcy ml I 1 I jr q 8 it 9 ut I 1 bals 1 kilbi i 1 l ih U n J P to pa g I 1 I 1 1 V I 1 afore fore hat i 41 tab I 1 priced py put i v an n 1 11 1408 i t M yu ftp PI ases 0 pl ape s bulj ou lj R ope t q 4 auly ana alij joy fprd fp rv if |