CHAPTER XXIX.
NOMENCLATURE.

Figure 76.

Figure 77.

Nomenclature of the Gun Stock.[Fig. 76] shows a gun stock with the locks, plates and other metal portions removed, a, is the butt; b, the small or handle; c, the head; d, the bump; e, the comb; f, the toe; g, lock-bed; h, fore-end or fore-arm; i, pistol-grip; k, cap or end of pistol-grip; l, tip of fore-end; m, escutcheons; n, mortice for bolt; o, chequering.

Figure 78.

Figure 79.