Mysteries of the 'A' Suffix

[Alan de Enfield]

Had a good book (for Christmas) on the subject of making rifle barrels. There are 62 pages devoted to Enfield barrels and it goes into great detail about straightening them.
Heavy reading for a non-engineer, but interesting non the less

ISBN 1-55918-280-6



Extract :
"The straightening of the barrels is conceded to require the greatest of skill of any operation in the manufacture of rifle barrels. As the writer of this article spent nearly a third of a century in the occupation of straightening barrels, and as there has probably never been a comprehensive article written on this subject before, the operation will be treated exhaustively here in the hope that a real understanding of the method of rifle barrel straightening may be conveyed to the minds of the readers. ........."

"...... In straightening a rifle barrel, the three important tools required are a shade, a straightening block and a hammer ..............."