Yes, yes, we get that, but what about the second part of the question, "Were the designers of the 3.2-inch Field Artillery rifle, Model 1890 or 1897 not as savy as the British ordnance inventor, Whitworth, in the 1850s, with his functional, axial vent debris and gas deflector, which prevented ejecta from going to the rear of his 12 pdrs. breech block?"
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