Rotary Swaged Rapid-Fire Gun Barrels

Abstract

A program was undertaken to investigate the feasibility of forming 7. 62mm rifled gun barrels from three high-temperature alloys and a stainless steel by swaging. The high-temperature superalloys selected for evaluation were Inconel 718, Udimet 700, and Crucible CG-27, whereas the stainless steel was Armco 21-6-9. Gun barrel blanks of each alloy were prepared by gun drilling. Twenty-two rifled 7.62mm gun barrel blanks of the four selected materials were formed by swaging without any insolvable problems.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0751864

Entities

People

  • Christine M. Jackson
  • D. C. Drennen
  • K. R. Iyer
  • R. B. Miclot

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Cooled
  • Alloys
  • Crystal Structure
  • Guns
  • Heat Resistant Alloys
  • Heat Treatment
  • High Temperature
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Stainless Steel
  • Steel
  • Superalloys
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Metallurgy
  • ballistics.