Gardner Nomenclature

Nomenclature of the Gardner Gun The nomenclature of the Improved Gardner Gun was revised and established by the Board conducting the experiments recorded on the preceding two pages. The terms are given with numerical indices, corresponding with the several parts as illustrated in the diagram on page 48 (Plate XI):--
1 Casing Body	51 Shell Starter Pins (2)
2 Casing Cover	52 Ejectors (2)
3 Hinge Pin	53 Ejector Pins (2)
4 Hinge Pin Washer	54 Safety Crank
5 Cascabel	55 Safety Crank Stop
6 Cascabel Screw	56 Safety Crank Stop Spring
7 Rear Sight Box	57 Safety Crank Stop Head
8 Rear Sight Bar	58 Safety Crank Stop Head Pin
9 Rear Sight Pinion	59 Safety Crank Pin
10 Rear Sight Pinion Spring	60 Safety Crank Shaft
11 Rear Sight Pinion Head	61 Safety Crank Shaft Lever
12 Rear Sight Pinion Head Pin	62 Safety Crank Shaft Lever Spline
13 Rear Sight Extension	63 Main Spring Compressor.
14 Rear Sight Extension Lock	64 Lever and Compressor Links (2)
15 Rear Sight Holding Pin	65 Compressor Link Pins (2)
16 Front Sight	66 Feed Valve
17 Barrels (2)	67 Feed Valve Cap
18 Front Barrel Plate	68 Feed Valve Cap Pin
19 Front Barrel Plate Pin	69 Feed Valve Lever
20 Rear Barrel Plate	70 Feed Valve Lever Slide
21 Rear Barrel Plate Pin	71 Shell Deflector
22 Lock Cam	72 Shell Deflector Pins (2)
23 Lock Cam Journal Boxes (2)	73 Casing and Mount Swivel Pin
24 Journal Box Pin	74 Casing and Mount Swivel Pin Catch
25 Hand Crank	75 Elevating Screw
26 Hand Crank Pin	76 Elevating Screw Washer
27 Hand Crank Handle	77 Elevating Screw Pin
28 Crank Handle Spindle	78 Elevating Screw Slide
29 Spindle Nut	79 Elevating Screw Slide Guide Pin
30 Lock Frames (2)	80 Elevating Screw Slide Pin
31 Lock Frame Heads (2)	81 Elevating Screw Slide Pin Catch
32 Lock Frame Trucks (2)	82 Elevating Spoke Wheel
33 Lock Frame Truck Pins (2)	83 Elevating Spoke Wheel Nut
34 Extractors (2)	84 Spoke Wheel Nut Pin
35 Extractor Pins (2)	85 Spoke Wheel Eccentric
36 Sears (2)	86 Spoke Wheel Eccentric Bush
37 Sear Springs(2)	87 Spoke Wheel Eccentric Bush Washer
38 Sear Spring Pins (2)	88 Eccentric Binding Ring
39 Main Springs (2)	89 Binding Ring Screw
40 Firing Pins (2)	90 binding Ring Screw Handle
41 Firing Pin Racks (2)	91 Binding Ring Screw Stop Pin
42 Cocking Levers (2)	Implements, Etc.
43 Cocking Lever Pins (2)	92 Wiping Rod
44 Cocking Lever Stay Pins (2)	93 Shell Driver
45 Cocking Cam	94 T Screw Driver
46 Cocking Cam Screw	95 Hammer
47 Cocking Cam Pins (2)	96 Lock Wrench
48 Lock Guide	97 Drifts (6)
49 Lock Guide Pin	98 Headless Shell Extractor
50 Shell Starters (2)	99 Breech Case Cover (Leather)
	100 Packing Case