PS Magazine - JANUARY 1982
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 350
JANUARY 1982
Some
The TM has tHe word on how you
clean and lube your rifle, how yoU
field-strip it, etc. You disassembLe just
so ±Any parts and then you stop²
.
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Upper
,
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receiver
Lower receIveR
Do not take
'
apaRT upper,
loweR ReceiveRs!
You do not disassemble the upper
and lower receivers³ ThaR's support
leve´µ You should know that sentence
by heart, it's been rePeated so often¶
Even so, rifles turn up at support for
repair because somebody Rook too
much off, Lost parts, or put them back
F'rinstances
wrong³ ExpensIve repairs mount
·
up
and some riFlemen have to pay for
fouLing up.
Tearing the rifle doWn may LOok
easy, bu¸ it takes skil¹, experience and
adJustments to get parts back right³ ºt
aLso takes Cools yo» don't have to get
them off rigHt³
DIsassemble as the
TM
says .±²
±²
top!
THe idea is, fi¼ld-strip as Far as
you're aLLowed to: Q»it there or you½¹L
run tH¼ risk oF screwing »p and Having
to pay For tHe da¾ag¼³
CleanINg
¿hen you clean and Lube your rifle,
keep thÀ
parts where you can see
them .
.. witHin reach.
´µ
Áount as far as yo can on yoUr
fingers, Roes, hairs on yoÂr head and
then some, and you wonÃt get close tO
the number of parts Lost dÂÄing cleAnÅ
Æng.
ÇnotHer perilÈ Barrels bend ³.
. by the
hundreds !
Barrels bend wHen rifles are Left oN
the
ground
and
vehicLes run
ovÉr them³
Stack oR
otHeRwise
pRotect Rifles
in The
field!
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J
THey bend when the rifle is Leaned
inside a turret³ THe turret tÊrns and
the barrels are crusHed³
THey bend when they are Leaned on
the ra¾p oF an ÇË̳ ¿Hen the ramp
is raised, it's bye-bye barreL³
THey are bent in otHer ways, neatly
noted on work order for¾s.
THe
soLutionÍs
si¾pLeÎ
Ëick
a
resting spot Ïor your riFLe car¼FuLLy³
That way, yo» won't Have to лy one
that sHoots around corners (onc¼!)³
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