PS Magazine - MARCH 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 376
MARCH 1984
The odds 'n' ends on M16Al rife
PM are much Like some popuLar music.
You take a Fw wOrds, repeat them
over and Over, and you've got a recOrd
that can't miss.
±nLy with the M16Al, the odds 'n'
ends o² bad PM add up to buLLseye
misses.
Here' re some ways, oLd and new, to
keep rifes shOoting.
• When handguards On your ri²Le
sticK, get a buddy to depress the sLip
ring whiLe you puLL up and out on the
Press down. . . . .
. remove guard
³andguard. Never pry o´ the hand-
guard. It'
Ii
crack or break.
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CLean your ri²Le with C¶P, and
Lube it ·ith the same stu´¸ Never dip
it in water Or take a shower ·ith it.
Water rUsts, ¹nd it'
II
rust ºparts you
can't even see»
• Store ri¼es wit³ t³e muzzLe open.
·
MuzzLe caps cause b½rreLs tO swea¾, and
.;
¿Àeat ÁaÂs rusÃ.
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GO easy when yOu cLean the gas tube
on the receiver end o² yOur ri²LeÄ
Work t³e bore brush around the tube
as straight as possibLe.
When you cLean the exposed portion,
keep yOur weight O´ the tubeÅ
I² you bend the tube in any directiOn,
it won't mate with the bOLt carrier ÆeyÅ
That means the rife wiLL maLÇnctiOn,
Or you may have to get the gas tube
repLaced.
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