Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . e parts are first of aU forged ROTAL SMALL ARMS. 798 ROYAL WARRANT. in dies, tlie fin is trimmed off, they are piclded to re-move scale, and then undergo numerous milling,drilling, and other machine operations until they arebrought to the correct figure, when thej are viewed,gauged, and either case-hardened, browned, blued,hardened, and tempered, etc., as the case may barrels of carbines and pistols are treated in thesame manner as the rifle barrel. In order to insurean absolute interchangeabilitj of the various parts
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . e parts are first of aU forged ROTAL SMALL ARMS. 798 ROYAL WARRANT. in dies, tlie fin is trimmed off, they are piclded to re-move scale, and then undergo numerous milling,drilling, and other machine operations until they arebrought to the correct figure, when thej are viewed,gauged, and either case-hardened, browned, blued,hardened, and tempered, etc., as the case may barrels of carbines and pistols are treated in thesame manner as the rifle barrel. In order to insurean absolute interchangeabilitj of the various partsthe most exact system of gauging is a necessity, andthe strict view which is enforced prevents the possi-bility of any defective parts being assembled in anarm. The blade of the triangular bayonet is made oftool or sharp steel, the socket of mild steel, the lock-ing ring of wrought iron, and the locking-ring screwof steel. The blade and socket are welded together;the blade is tapered imder a Ryder hammer, and thenrolled out in segmental rolls to the required length. and a triangular figure. The socket is stamped tosize and then goes through several machine opera-tions, such as drilling, milling, slotting, etc. Theblade is hardened and tempered, groimd and pol-ished, the socket being browned. The locking-ringis well blued, and its screw is case-hardened. Thebreech-block, lever, butt-plate, and iron screws arecase-hardened. This is done by carefully packingthem in iron boxes, in which they are surroundedwith bone cuttings or animal charcoal. An ironplate is laid on the top of the box, and it is placed ina furnace and raised to a red heat. Tiie length oftime that the various articles are left iu the furnacedepends on the amount of case-hardening required;and when removed from the furnace they are chilledin a lank of cold water. They are then cleaned, oiled,and examined by gauges to ascertain whelher thecase-hardening has altered tlieir form. The follow-ing components are hardened
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