SYMBOLIC NOMENCLATURE. 119 



1 Application to the Manufacture of Small Arms, as described in 

 Ordnance Memorandum 22. 



DESCRIPTIVE SYMBOLS. 



I. Of class (kind of arm). 



Rifle R. 



Carbine C. 



Revolver P. (pistol). 



Shot gun G. (gun). 



2. Of pattern. 



Springfield S-F. 



Spencer S-N. 



Smoot - S-T. 



Smith S-M. 



Hotchkiss H-K. 



Lee L-E. 



Chaffe-Reece C-R., etc. 



NOTE. Some of these guns are not in O. M. 22, but are given as illustrative 

 examples of the treatment of similar names. The descriptive symbols are written in 

 the inverse order above given; thus S-F-R; H-K-C, etc. 



MEMBER SYMBOLS. 



Stock and parts S. ~] 



Barrel and parts B. > Principal members. 



Lock and parts L. J 



Bands 1 



Tang screw , I F Fastenin g s be tween 



Side screws . principal members. 



Rear sight T. 



Ramrod ._ U. 



Bayonet W. 



Tools Y. 



Packing box y X. _, 



Appendages. 



