摘要 |
<p>A gun barrel having a rifled-bore section at the breech end thereof and a smooth-bore section at the muzzle end thereof, the sections having a gas tight connection therebetween, the rifled-bore section comprising a first generally tubular body having a longitudinal bore and at least one spiral groove formed in the wall of the bore to a depth of a predetermined dimension, the rifled-bore section having a length corresponding substantially to the peak pressure point for the gun barrel, the smooth-bore section comprising a second generally tubular body having a longitudinal bore coaxial with the longitudinal bore of the rifled-bore section, and the longitudinal bore of the smoothbore section having a diameter greater than the diameter of the bore of the rifled-bore section and less than the diameter of the spiral rifling groove.</p> |