PS Magazine - JANUARY 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 314
JANUARY 1979
Dear Half-Mast
,
I
'
ve seen diFerent stories on
replacement of the M1911A1 .45-
cal
±
pistol firing pin stop. ²lso, TM
9-1005-211-12 and -35 seem to
contradict each otheR. Who
Replaces the stop, the aRmo³R or
suppo´?
LTC I.
R. V
Dear LTC I. R.
V,
The unit armorer does. Al-
±hough ±he TM's danced around
On ²his one, fring pin s±op NSN
1005-00-50±-3205
is now SMR
³oded PA´ZZ, which means ²ha²
±He s±op is repµaced by organiza¶
±ionaµ main±enance. Change
5
²o
TM
9-±005²2±±-±2
and Change
4
±o
I
Firing pin stoP
i
Firing pin
stop/spring
installed
±He
-35
TM spell i± ou±.
la-Jt
M2 Compass ±nspect²oN
Dear Half-Mast
,
During inspectiOn, our M2
magnetic compasses faµ¶ Table I,
page
7
of TM 9-1290-333-15,
whµch calls out
"
stops
·
in check¸
µng the azµmUth sca¹e adjusteR asº
semb¹y. I be¹ieve ouR compasses
were made »µthout the stops
.
They get declared unse¼iceable
.•.
and we have to replace them.
Can yoU help?
½¾1
K± P² N³
Dear Mis±er K. P. N.,
You're no± alone wi±h ·he prob-
µem, Sir. ´±hers have repor±ed
i±, ±oo.
Any reF¸ence ±o "s±ops,¹ real or
O±herwise, will Be removed ºom
»Bµe I, TM
9-±290-333-15³
when
16
±he TM is revised. I¼ your compas¶
ses have ºee movemen± o¼ ±he
scale
800
mi½ls in ei²her direc±ion
ºom zero and are o±herwise ´K,
±hey're serviceable.
LA/±I
oear Half-Mas
t,
vailable TOr
Are re
p
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r
p
arts
a
n
V
ers
iOn kits
the
Old
and
new
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)
rOck
et
fOr the
¿À90
²
'
e±avetO²rd
er
la
Unche
R ³
r
´
?
new
kI
ts
fOr
p
aµs
.
SGT J.
J.
Dear Sergean±
J´ Jµ,
You can ge± repair par±s ¾¸ ²he
old c¿ÀVe¸sion ki± (NSN
±055-00-
±79-7280)
or new (NSN
±340-00-
420-7999)
ou² o¼ ins±alla±ion ki±
NSN
±055-0±-0±±-8328´
Use i± ¾r
bo±h.
,³
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LAUNCHu ROcKl M±90
<O²
OPEraTInG hMp-to³f ´µ+iJS"
s¶Orage F!M·¸40°¹ ºµ +140»f
µ
ÁHilµipÂ
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head screws
n³´
4
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