Fire Lapping Essay

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After reading the article I, learned about the importance of; fire lapping and Electropolishing to increase accuracy. Having no replacements for the barrels and having a low budget, Joe Carlos found an affordable way to improve the accuracy of the rifles of his unit. It’s very important in this career field that we minimize the cost where we can, without sacrificing the accuracy and beauty of our product. This article also showed me the importance of keeping proper records and inspecting all parts of the weapon instead of just looking at the barrel as being the only problem. After the writer inspected all parts of the weapons, he saw improvements when; properly mounting the barrel extension and upper receiver, using match grade bolt carriers, fire lapping and using Electropolishing. …show more content…

This week I, learned that when inspecting a rifle barrel to look for pitting especially near the crown as this will minimize my accuracy. I, learned that using a cleaning rod can cause damage to my rifling, making my projectiles not fully stabilize. Having a rough or not broken in barrel, can tear at my bullets and cause more fouling. Until reading the article, I would have never thought to Electropolish anything on my rifle. I, now understand that it will aid me in accuracy and clean up. I, agree with Joe Carlos in that the Electropolishing process is effective, but it seems to be very wasteful. My warranty or a customer’s warranty will be void by utilizing this technique as well as fire lapping. By using the Electropolishing or Electrochemical polishing, it removes material, polishes and deburrs metal. The surface is oxidized and dissolved, but it doesn’t cause mechanical

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