PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 301
DECEMBER 1977
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Some troops do it to get more recoil.
Some do it to get out of training .±
Some ju²t do it.
Whatever the reason, blockIng the
muzzle of your
M60
machine gun
barrel or the blank firing attachment
(BFA) is bad news. For you. For the
weapon.
A partial or full weld over the
muzzle or the BF A vent can blow You
³waY. The b³rrel can burst. The B´A
c³n blow off, putting dents in youR
buddies and/or the BFA.
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failure to feed ammo, or c³use a
runaway weaPon . . . or there ju²t
might be a live round or 2 among the
blank². µ¶ Has haPPened; it'll haPpen
³gain. µmagine the live round hitting
the blocked area . . . ·
What's more, blank ammo builds up
mOre carbon than live stuff, and a
blockage is gonna build uP carbon in
the gas s
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²tem so fast that the recoil
you¹re after is gonna be lost quicklY .··
and permanentLy.
M±²
Not to mention
youºre
gonna get when somebody finds out
what you did.
Then again, itºs »Μr game. µf you
likE that kind of rou¼ette .
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