Mr. Belin. What you earlier described as the chamber being an enclosed chamber, is that it?
Mr. Barnes. That is true.
Mr. Belin. Which you said that the gases would not come out of under pressure, and when the chamber would be open for the ejection of a shell from a bolt-action rifle, at that time there would be no bad pressure?
Mr. Barnes. All your pressure is gone forward through your barrel. There is no pressure on the chamber when you operate it after the shot is fired.
Mr. Belin. In contrast with a nonautomatic revolver, when I pull the trigger, is the back of the chamber open then?
Mr. Barnes. It is open.
Mr. Belin. Is there any other information or opinion you can give us with regard to the paraffin tests that might be relevant. Anything you can think of, whether or not I have asked it?
Mr. Barnes. I believe you have covered just about everything.
Mr. Belin. I call myself a country lawyer, and I don't know.
Mr. Barnes. I am a country boy. I was raised on the farm myself.