PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-421
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 421
DECEMBER 1987
Click Must Be Qui±K
TELL 'OUR OPERI TOR 'OUR
CLiCK 15 NOT QUiCK ENOUGH!
If the gas piston doesn't
c
right
away when you pull your beFre opera-
tions checks on your M6 machiNe gun,
you're sure to have
f
problems in
the ±eld.
The cylinder may be clean enough Fr
the piston to slide, but not clean enough
to slide fast l²Ke it should. A³er you ±re
10
rounds or so, the gas system plugs
up´ You sµ hav²ng problems; Like short
reco²l or failure to chamber¶
The piston should slide like it's on ice
when you tilt your M6 up and down.
I
the click seems slow in coming, do
the tilt test sever· times.
I
the click
still is slow, clean the gas cylinder real
good like it says in your
-1±
TM.
²4
DEC 87
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one with a ¼aRrow rO plate and one
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diÏere¼t order tHan your TM says.
Rod with wide plate
Rod with narrow plate
Do it likE this:
Check
which
plate
you
have
Insure the bolt's fo±ard. Remove the trigger gua²d and the housing aSSembly
(³teps
µ
and
6
on Page
¶·6
oF
TM
9-¸00µ·229·¸2)
beFore you remove the bar´el
an
the bolt and guide rod group (³teps
¶
and
½
on Page
¶·µ ¹
Mº3± F²r²n» port Wea¼on ½½¾
Ra²³ bra²³ET HELp
AÐoÑers, kÒp
m23 l
Óng Prt wÔ-
pons Õom falling out of MÖ2 rac×s witH
mounting bracket,
NSN 521±¾±1¾23±¾
31¿1À
The bØcket ×Òps
m231
's ²N place
when you oÙn Úe rack.
Ût Úe bracket in Úe rack
s
Úe hÜ×s
Ýce Úe gun. Þe Bnt part of tHe bracket
holds the
m231
upright.
You need one bracket Ùr gun.
ßeverse the brac×ets to store other
wEapons without interference.
DEC 87
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