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A method of making a gun barrel having a breech end and a muzzle end and a bore extending between the two ends comprises applying to the outer surface of the bore a plurality of swaging dies (5), each of which carries an upstanding helical land (10). The dies are pressed simultaneously against the external surface of the gun barrel such that each land forms a helical recess (14) in the external surface and crystalline deformation to the material of the barrel wall immediately below the external helical recess. The distortion of the external surface results simultaneously in the creation of a plurality of smooth helical ridges (16) on the surface of the bore.

Classes IPC  ?

• F41A 21/18 - Cannelures; Rayures