PS Magazine - JANUARY 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 278
JANUARY 1976
gives you the dope on iNSpecting THe
gaS cylinder of the M60 macHine gun.
But any good unit armorer is open to
±uggeStionS on How to improve HiS
M&O
"
·.il
maintenance .
.. rigHt?
\
²o, wHen you inSpect tHe weapon,
puLl tHe rear gaS tube nuT and cHeck tHe
gaS piSTon for carbon buiLdup. ³Hat'S
iN addition To cHeCking tHe gaS port for
carbon.
_±,².
-
neceSSary. It´Ll Head off SLuggiSH fiRe
cauSed by Too mucH carbon. You may
Have to
uSe carbon removing com-
pound, Like it teLLS you in tHe ³M.
WHen you replace tHe piSton, be
Sure to line up iTS HoleS witH tHoSe in
tHe cyLinder tube. Ff you don´t aLine tHe
HoleS, tHe gun can geT off only one
roundµ
HOLES
OF GAS
PISTON
MUST ±±²
±³´ LINE
Up WITH
CYLINDER
TuBE
HOLES
WHen you remove t¶e ·arre¸ from
THe
¹
gun to ºnSpect for carbon or for any
oTHer ReaSon, be SuRe tHe barreL goes
back on tHe Same gun.
»eaSon: BoLt and barreL HeadSpace
diffeR
fro¼
weapon
to
wEapon.
IT½S a good idea to clean tHe gaS tube
²witcHing barreLS from one gun to
nut, Tooµ
anotHer can result in cracked bolts anD
AfTeR you repLace tHe piSTon and
cHipped
barreLs
from
ºncorrect
nuT, eyebaLL ¾ig 2¿
7
on page 2À10 of tHe
HeadS paceÁ
2³
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