PS Magazine - MAY 1973
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1973 SERIES, ISSUE 246
MAY 1973
Keep
prop
charge
PRopellant bags must Be fiRm, cleaN±
well laced oR tied± and tHe incRemeNts
must Be iN propeR sequeNce. If Bags aRe
toRN oR maRked With BlUe± BRownisH oR
oRaNge staiNs, tHe cHaRGe is moRe'N likely
defective.
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.
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,
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r.
±
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•
.±
s²Re
yoU
load
tHe
pRop
cHaRGe
so
its
igniteR is at tHe ReaR of tHE cHaRGe·³ THe
iGniteR eNd of tHe cHaRGe May Be padded,
oR maR´ed "igNiteRµ¶ Also, tHe iGniteR is
pac
ed i¸ Red ClotH¹ THe iG¸iteR mUst Be
clea¸ and dºy» and its po¼deR m²st move
easily to yoUR to²cH. Lumpy, ca´ed iG-
niteR is no Good½
·
A
faUlty
iG¸iteR,
oR damp±
defective
pRopella¸t May pRodUce eRRatic fliGHt, a
HaNgfiRe oR misfiRe¹
¾eep
pRopellant
foR
sepaRate¿loadiNG
ammoÀ aWay fRom tHe ÁReecH of tHe WeapÂ
on, a¸d pRotect it fRom all flamesà spaR´s
and HeatÄ
If pRopella¸t doesnÅt loo´ oR smell RiGHt
ÆtURN it in± oR as´ yo²R ammo sUppoRt to
cHec´ it¹
O¸
semiÇfixed
aNd
sepaRateÈloadiNG
ammo pRotect tHe exposed cHaRGe as yoU
Handle it and pRepaRe tHe Rou¸d foR fiR-
inG. ¾eep it clean aNd dRy aNd ma´e sURe
all incRements aRe i¸ pRopeR oRdeR.
YoU can adjUst (Remove) exposed pRop
as
É
a²tHoRized foR zo¸e fiRinG¹ ʲt yo²ÅRe
neveR aUËHoRized to add to a pRop cHaRGe.
THatÌs danGeRoUs¹
Íollect tHe pRop yo² Remove in some
safe placeÆ folloW yo²R oUtfitÎs SOP oN
GettinG Rid of it.
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