Study Guide for SDI Firearm Finishes and Engraving (FTT201) Questions and Answers

Study Guide for SDI Firearm Finishes and Engraving (FTT 201)
Questions and Answers


1. T/F: One possible indicator that a barrel is likely to shoot poorly is pitting near the crown.
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: TRUE
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2. Lands in the throat are which are uneven in their short points are usually caused by:: Cle
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3. According to Joe Carlos,what must you do with a barrel to know for certain what its current
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capabilities are?: Shoot It l l l


4. T/F:The electropolishing process both improves barrel accuracy and is safe for the environ
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5. Joe Carlos' experiment showed that electropolishing was:: Effective for In-
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creasing the Accuracy of Damaged Barrels
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6. Thefire lapping process involves:: Firingcartridgeswithprogressivelyfinergrit abrasive coat
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ed bullets, which effectively polishes the bore.
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7. T/F: Fire lapping has about the same average effective improvement on accuracy as e
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8. There is generally more need for fire lapping in:: Button Rifled Bores
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9. T/F: Fire lapping does not remove metal from the barrel.: FALSE
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10. "Throat maintenance" bullets were found through extensive testing to:: -l l l l l l l l l


Have a reliably positive impact on accuracy
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11. The two basic metal preparation processes, according to Frank Fry, are:: -
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12. The first of three steps to hand finishing is:: Remove machine marks with files
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13. Which of the following wheel types used in machine polishing will cut the fastest?: Felt
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14. To prevent the loss of or "pulling" of letters and numbers, these areas should be poli
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shed by:: Hand l l


15. When using a wheel for polishing:: Always polish with sharp edges pointed in the same direc
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tion the wheel is turning.
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16. If stamping has been damaged or pitted, you should:: Leave the damaged stamping alon
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17. Nickel plating has been a popular finish for handguns and certain small parts of long g
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uns since the turn of the century.The finish is applied by a process called:: Electroplating
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18. For basic polishing: protect all of the newly-
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polished surfaces from rusting with which of the following until you are ready to apply the blui
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ng solution:: - Light Coat of Oil
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19. In general,power polishing entails starting which of the following grits and polishing the s
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urface of the metal in a given direction:: Coarset
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