PS Magazine - MAY 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 342
MAY 1981
Rust and carbon will put your M85
Use only CLP,P± Specia²o³ ±SA for
m´chine gµn down if you clean it lubing. Use ±AW o¶ CLP when it's
wrong.
Some troops gun down their M85's
wIth unauthorized c²e´ners ´nd lubes.
Use only SD, RBC o³ the new C±P
for cleaning.
Use only
authorized
cleaners .
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Use clean, dry patches o³ sw´·s.
18
±². aND
Lub³icants
below
0° F.
Go by your TM. Neve³
clean
and
lube
with
Scrubbing
Bubbles, oven cleane³, vegeta·le oil,
moto³ oil o³ m´p²e sy³up.
Lubing
Lightly
lube
a²l
p´rts
of
your
weapon with ¸SA, CLP or, where your
TM says, PL Speci´². Put just a trace on
tHe ba¹k ºlate, sear and bo²t. »f you¼re
going to fire your M85 within the next
coup²e of days, lube the moving parts
(barre²
extension, feed
and ejector
assemb²y, cover ´nd receive³)
with
CLP or LSA. Before putting on LSA or
CLP t´ke off the PL Special.
with RBC or CLP. Use SD where your
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¶·¸
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=¼½¾¿ ÀÁz
Â
TM te²²s you to. ½ever use it on the
UN±sual ConditiOns
back p²´te ¾roup, bolt, sea¿, ¹ha³Àer
Your
gun
needs
more
ÁM
in
and actuator. Use ¹le´n, dry swabs on
extremely hot weathe³, humid, salt-´ir
them.
conditions and in s´ndy or dusty ´re´s.
M´ke sure you wipe off SD and
»f your M85 gets wet, Âake it ap´rt, drÃ
carbon solvents befo³e you lube. »f you
it ouÄ, ´nd lube it again.
donÅt, you're putting out the welcome
p;±:²³´=µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁ
mat fo³ rust and carbon buildÆup. That
AudIO Vis±²l Aids
¹an put your weapon down.
Ç
TF 9-3´´4 M85 OpErAtIoN
³Ote: When the gu´'s stOred, it
TF µ¶´335 M85 FuNctioniNg
needs a cOmplete cµean and lube
T·C
¸ESsoN 020¶171¶5227-F
m85
jOb aT least every
9±
days.
CleaNiNg, lubIng
1.²:_
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