CPC F41A 21/06 (2013.01) [B23B 41/02 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method for forming a set of gun barrels, comprising:
machining an elongate key along a length of a metal billet;
mounting the metal billet on a machining jig, clamped along the key;
performing CNC milling operations on the mounted metal billet in a 5-axis CNC milling machine to form a set of gun barrels having a pair of bores, a rib, and a web connecting the elongate key to the rib, the rib extending lengthwise proximate the elongate key; and,
separating the set of gun barrels from the key along the length of the rib section.
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