PS Magazine - JUNE 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 391
JUNE 1985
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Go fr no more rips, gouges, tears and iNuries causeD by the locking spring
pin in the M15A2 blank Fring att±chment.
TB 43-0001-36-5 (Apr
8)
gives the OK to switch the spring pin to the pull
rin² UsE on Hand grenades³
Para 4´2b, Page 4´1 oµ the TB approves use oµ hand grenade pull ring,
¶S¶ 1330·01·117¸5280¹ ºiscarde» pull rings ¼om grenade practic½ ranges can
be used, or new rings can be requested. Para 4´2b(2)(e) tells armorers how to
instaL¾ the rings.
The M15A2 B¿A is used with Àe M16/16AÁ riÂe and M249 machine gun¹
1.-±²³
M16A1 Trigger Checkup
The next time you do an armorer
Ãnction test on an M16AÁ riÂe, do the
SÄMI selector lever check Fve timesÅ
AMCÆOM Msg AMSMC´MAG´Sº
111630Z Sep
8
changes Step c. on
Page 2-Ç oµ TM 9È1005´249´24&P to
read like so:
c. Selector LeveR
P±ace in SEMI psioN and ²u±L
t³gger´
Hold tRµgger to the rear, charge
wea¶on, a·d re±ease the trigger
with a sLow, smOTh motµ¸n,
w¹ºhout hesµtations or sto²s»
unt¼L the TRµgger is fu±Ly fo½a¾d¿
Àe²eat the SEMI psion test
FÁve times, the weapn may
·ot malfunctµon eveà ļme.
Do the SEMI
selector lever
check
5
times!
Hammer shouLd fa±LÅ
Hammer should ·ot faLÆÇ
tT
the wea²on maLÈuNc-
tµo·s DuRing any of theÉ
Êve tests, evacuate to
˼rÌcT Su²²oÍ MainteÎ
nWJC foR re²a¼rÏ
THe test cHecks fr woR parts¹ Iµ parts are worn, the riÂe can Fre accidenÉ
t±lly when the trigger is released¹ That could be dangerous¹
Iµ a riÂÊ Ëils the test, it could kill or iNure riÂemen when Fred¹ Get it Fxed!
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2
JUN 8´
M16A 1 Rifle .
.±
CHRome/P±os²³atE Pa´s µIx
BacÌ iÍ the days when the ÎÏ6AÁ
riÂe was young, it wÐs dresÑed up with
good´looking, long-lasting, chroÒeÓ
pLated bolts, carriers and partÔ.
Just one little probleÒÕ SuÖLight ha»
a way oµ reÂecting o× Øhe chrome .
..
and gave poÙitions away.
So, phosphate-coated boLts and carÚ
rÛers Òade the scene¹ They cut down
Ü
sunlÛght reÂeÝtions.
Phosphate coating reduces
sunlight reflections
²•utUnoN³´µµ¶·¸¹
The revised TM 9´1Þ05´249´24&P
baßàed chrome-plated bolt aásemblies
âor riÂes in division combat uniãs¹ The
chrome was OK'd only är training
units and division non-combat units.
That brings us to today¹
TB 43´å01-36´8, due out any time
now, cLariFes the ban¹
•
ºivision combat units and over´
seaÙ unÛæs must use phosphaçeècoate»
bolt carriers¹
•
énÛts in CO¶êS aß» ALësÌa caß
use chrome´pLate» carriers. But befre
going overseas, every ußit must repLace
chrome·plated boLt carriers with
phosphate´coate» oßes¹
FIghT, DOº'T SwITch
¶ow that your attention is ììbolte»,''
hang oß thisÕ
All
oµ the riÂe's TM's waí against
switching bolts ¼om one riÂe to
another.
-±²³
WARNING
Don't switch boLts
beTeen ±ifLes
·
±
Äach bolt must be headspaced by ºS
to the riÂe it's usE in¹ Iµ the bolt's
not headspaced right, your riÂe can
misFre and hurt or
kL
you.
U²d¶te
·xtractor S²ring
You armorers need to replace aLl
early type extractor springs in your
M16/M16AÁ riÂes with the new spring
... which comes with an insertî It's
listed as ¶S¶ 1Þ05ïÞ0´760·3768,
spring assembly, on Page C-9 oµ
TM 9·1005-249´24&P .
ð
An upcoming change to Page 2´2Ï
oµ the TM makes replacement oµ the
old spring a must.
Extracto²
spring now
comes with
±
M16A
±
Cover ¸s NO MOre
Plastic protective cover, ¶S¶´1005ñå´8Þ9´2190, is no longer avaÛlable.
òhat cover Ft only M16AÁ riÂes with a 20-round magazine¹ ¶o cover will be
supplÛed to Ft riÂes with 30´round magazines¹
jUN 8´
´3
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