Guns Dictionary : Page S1 the Directory: S–Syrett
GUNS DICTIONARY : PAGE S1 THE DIRECTORY: S–SYRETT Last update: May 2018 s Associated with small arms ammunition components made in Germany after 1940 by →Dynamit AG of St. Lambrecht. S beneath a crown, above a number. Applied by an Australian government arms inspector working in the Sydney depot in New South Wales. See also “British military inspectors’ marks”. S Found stamped into the heel of British Lee-Enfield ‘Short’ rifle butts, which were 2in shorter than the standard pattern. S Stamped under the butt of British →Lee Enfield rifles, near the socket, made for India Service with a spring washer on the stock retaining bolt. S and a number. Found on components of many British military firearms made during the Second World War, indicating a company operating in the ‘South’ (of Britain). The numbers identified individual companies.Typical examples associated with small-arms include ‘S 3’, →Adams Bros. & Burnley; ‘S 7’, →Auto Engineering (Croydon) Ltd; ‘S 30’, →Dashwood Engineering Ltd; ‘S 51’, →Holland & Holland Ltd; ‘S 54’, →Hydran Products Ltd; ‘S 63’, →Kork- n-Seal Ltd; ‘S 64’, the →Lamson Engineering Co. Ltd; ‘S 66’, →Lee Beilin Ltd; ‘S 67’, the →Lightfoot Refrigeration Co. Ltd; ‘S 68’, →Lines Bros. Ltd; ‘S 77’, the →Metal Box Company; ‘S 88’, the →National Cash Register Co. Ltd; ‘S 102’, the →Rolls Razor Co. Ltd; ‘S 103’, →Scoffin & Wilmot; ‘S 109’, the →Sterling Engineering Co.; ‘S 114’, →Trevor Stampings Ltd; ‘S 121’, →Vickers- Armstrongs Ltd, Bath; ‘S 123’, Howard →Wall Ltd; ‘S 125’, A. →Wells & Co.; ‘S 135’, →Air Ducts Ltd; ‘S 136’, the →Aircraft & General Engineering Co.; ‘S 144’, H.
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