PS Magazine - JULY 1973
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1973 SERIES, ISSUE 248
JULY 1973
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Getting short-changed by your M60
7±
62-MM machinegun when using
the blank fIring attachment? Like maybe you'll get oF only 50 or 100
rounds be±re the automatic ²re sputters to a single b-u³r´rµpht!
Take
a
look at the B¶ A.
A loose one lets too mUch gas escape out
the muzzle· No recoil pressure¸no cha¹beringºno automatic ²re·
Make this adjustment»n new as well as on old B¶A¼s·
Turn the orif²ce tube a
sm²dgen, Or enOugh sO thAt
the BF³ f²ts real snug On
the muzzlE´
½Course, You never want the ¾¶A to come u¿glued whe¿ Àt¼s hooked
onto the machinegun· MWO 9Á1005´224´20/2 (¶eb 63) helps stop side
and end movement with a pair of StiFener plates and center spacer·
Âou¼là get a carbon buildup inside tHe weapon f-a³s-t when using bla¿k
ammo·
Ähis½s your clue to extra PM comi¿g up·
Eyebalà the M60 År
unlubed spots, damaged
or
worn partsÆ and
carbon buildup in
tHe receiVer
and
gas
cyli¿der·
Clean Çhe cyÃinder
µ¶ ·H¸ pµS·¹N ºµLS ·¹ M¹v¸ wH¸N ·H¸ »¼RR¸L µS
·µL·¸D ¸ND ½R ¸ND¾
RBC is the cleaner, a¿d LÈA is the lube
to use.
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room are:
ÉÈÊ Ë34Ì´ÍË8´38ÌË
(without
clevis and chain)±
¶ÈÊ Ë34ÌÎÍË8Ï38Ì7
²With Clevis
and chain).
The oNe with Clevis and chain is
best iN Most places because you caN
anchor it³
Keeps the lock aNd its key
getting baNged up or busted´
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