PS Magazine - AUGUST 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 393
AUGUST 1985
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Dear Half-Mast,
The M2 machine gun ar±
morer's cocking lever tool on
Page
5
in PS
376
works OK in
the arms room.
However, in field or combat
conditions, the tool might
not be available.
He;e's a way to cure the
cocking lever problem without
a tool.
A
sure sign that the cocking
lever has been installed rear²
ward on the bolt is failure of
the bolt to retract more than
half³way.
Do this:
1
pin.
Remove the backplate,
driving rod spring and bolt
24
Cocking Lever toOL
2
Retract the bolt as far
as you can and press in on
the buffer detent spring.
Slide the buffer assem´
3
bly out about two incµes.
aUG 8²
4
.
Slide
the
bolt
forward
whiLe you pull the buFer to
the rear (the bol¶ forces the
accele·ator down and a¸lows the
buffer to be removed). You may
have to slide tµe bolt back and
fo¹th several times before tµe
bufºer »ees.
5
When
the
buffer's
out,
push do¼n on tµe front of
the ba½el extension. Slide the
bolt out of the receiver. If the
bolt hangs up, pu¸l tµe exten¾
sion forward and u¿ until the
bolt slides out.
³ug8²
6
Remove the barÀel exten±
sion.
Push
the
cocking
lever forward and reassemble
the paÁs. ÂinaÃly, avoid all of this
by installing the cocking lever
forward on the first try.
Push
fORard
PÂC C. McDowell
Âort Knox, KY
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