Crown
Vintage Winchester rifles tend to have flat Crowns.
Crowns on a Dan'l Fraser double rifle with rebated rib---theoretically to avoid bullet deflection from asymmetrical gas dispersion as the bullet leaves the muzzle.
Crown - The finish contour of the muzzle of a rifle or a handgun. May be flat or rounded. Often shows effective chamfering to protect the critical rifling at the absolute end of the muzzle.
Or, even reverse-"crowned":
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