DSIAC staff performed open-source searches for manufacturers and/or foundries and mills that produce hammer-forged ingot barrel stock, barrel blanks, or barrels. Then open source searches were done on metallurgical technologies and/or manufacturing processes that improve barrel durability while maintaining accuracy. The findings were compiled in a report detailing general barrel manufacturing processes and benefits and drawbacks of various portions of the process, along with an appendix containing a list of manufacturers using hammer forging to produce gun barrels.
Gun Barrel Manufacturing
Lance Cpl. Samuel Flores, a heavy equipment operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, mans a firing position during machine gun training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, March 29, 2019. Flores, a native of Miami, graduated from Miami Coral Park High School in September 2016 before enlisting in January the following year. CLB-31 is the Logistics Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the U.S. Navy's Amphibious Squadron 11, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish/Released)
Posted on May 13, 2019 | Completed on July 18, 2018 | By: Scott E. Armistead
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