PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-659
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 659
OCTOBER 2007
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RED AND GAUGED PRIOR TO aEING SHIPPED TO
YOUR UNIT< 3O THEY DON+T NEED TO aE GAUGED FOR A YEAR IF YOU+RE ACTIVE !RMY OR TWO YEARS
IF YOU+RE NON.DEPLOYED 'UARD OR 9ESERVE<
1F COURSE, ANY TIME ARMORERS SUSPECT PROaLEMS WITH A WEAPON OR WHEN THE aOLT OR
aARREL IS REPLACED, THE WEAPON SHOULD aE GAUGED< !ND MAKE SURE THE GAUGES THEMSELVES
HAVE aEEN GAUGED< ^HE GAUGES SHOULD HAVE A GAUGE CARD SHOWING WHEN THEY WERE LAST
CALIaRATED< ZF IT+S aEEN MORE THAN A YEAR, THE GAUGES NEED TO GO TO ^-&Q FOR CALIaRATION<
_HAT ARMORERS DO NEED TO DO UPON RECEIPT OF NEW OR OVERHAULED WEAPONS IS THE
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