Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882 . Gun uncoupled. On service, the trunnion is always attached to the chase, but slidesloosely on it, being prevented from coming off by the fore-sight ring. To insure the breech-piece and chase coming together correctly, akey is fixed on the end of the chase, and this key enters a recess cut inthe corresponding end of the breech-piece. A steel gas-check is fitted into the joint, but this gas-check remainspermanently in the breech-piece, and it is not necessary to remove it. When the breech and chase ends of the guns are placed t
Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882 . Gun uncoupled. On service, the trunnion is always attached to the chase, but slidesloosely on it, being prevented from coming off by the fore-sight ring. To insure the breech-piece and chase coming together correctly, akey is fixed on the end of the chase, and this key enters a recess cut inthe corresponding end of the breech-piece. A steel gas-check is fitted into the joint, but this gas-check remainspermanently in the breech-piece, and it is not necessary to remove it. When the breech and chase ends of the guns are placed togetherthey are firmly connected, simply by screwing the trunnion, which maybe regarded as a connecting nut, until the lines on the trunnion andbreech-piece correspond, or nearly so. The band is run up by hand asfar as possible, then a protecting-ring of iron is put over one trunnionand struck sharply with a sledge, which is ordinarily carried alongsideof the trail of the gun. In the joining of the two parts the gun is alwaysplaced vertically, the breech sitting i
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