PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-428
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 428
JULY 1988
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Reverse Backplate Problems
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the backplaTe comes loose during
firing, FIring sTops. KeeP The backPLaTe
TighT Like This:
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Slide The backPlaTe on The receiver
parT±way.
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²ul³ oUT on The laTch Lock wiTh one
hand and PUlL uP on ´e boTTom laTch
WiTh The oTher. ²Ush The bacµPLaTe inTo
place and lock in The laTch Lock and
laTch.
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²ull UP oN The backplaTe. ¶T shoUld
hoLd fIR.
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·elease The laTch lock and pulL The
backplaTe Up with only The LaTch in
pLace. ¸he backpLaTe should hold.
±ELEASE
LATCh
LOCK
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´e backplaTe ¹ils To hold
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ei»er
Time, reseaT and loc¼ The backPLaTe and
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The Two checks agaiN.
¶F The
backPlaTe FAils eiTher check, yoUr ar½
morer neEds To send iT To DS.
Your M2's bacµplaTe shoUld have a
LaTch lock ThaT's black and square¾sided.
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iT has an old laTch ThaT's roUnded on
the sides and gray, yoUr armorer can
order a new one wiTh ¿S¿
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927 À7273. Áhe oLd LaTch Lock bends and
warPs and LeTs The backpLaTe come oÂ.
³n tHe ´oosµ
¸here's a whoLe loT oF shakin' going
on whiLe yoUr M2 's Ãring. ¸HaT shaking
Loosens NUTs and riveTs and They caUse
Firing probLems.
DUring ²MCS, Try To move ´e belTÄ
holding pawL brackeT Up and down.
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moves, iTs riveTs are Too Loose.
ÅeeL The nUTs on ´e reTracTiNg handLe
assembLy Ær Looseness. ¸he nUTs' coTÇ
Ter pins mUsT go al³ ´e way ThroUgh ´e
nUTs' sloTs and be benT aroUnd ´e nUTs.
¸eLL your Èrmorer aboUT any Loose
nuTs or screws.
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JU¶ 88
DelIcate Par·s
¶T may noT looµ Like iT, buT your M2 has delicaTe ParTsÉlike Êed pawl brackeTs,
ËonT and rear sighTs, and barrel ThreadsÉThaT are easily daÌaged by careless hanÍ
dLing. Îlways:
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Ðay iT down wiTh iTs reTracTing handle side up. ¿ever seT The machine gun on
end, where iT coUld ¹Ñ over wiTh a crash. ¿ever droP iT.
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²roTecT ´e Êed pawl brackeTs when yoU moUnT yoUr M2.
¸¹OTECT fEEd ºAwL
»¹ACKETS whEN
MOuN¼½Ng
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Ðock The M2's mounT in pLace when yoU're ÒoT Ãring; so iT caN'T swing Loose
and bang inTo The TurreT or Truck.
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BLock and cUshion yoUr M2 duriNg TransporT.
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Carry and insTalL ´e barreL so iT doesn'T bang iN To any
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ing like The baÓeL
sUpporT ThaT coUld nick The barreL's Threads.
... ¿nÀ Don't ForGet
ÔyebalL ´e breech Lock careÕLly
beÆre yoU sTick iT iN The barreL
exTension.
Öe lock's beveled edge
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mUsT be Up and
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¹cing The gun's ËonT.
O´erwise, The barreL exTension and
barreL bUÂer won'T ÃT TogeTher righT.
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¸o remove The qUick release pin oF The MØ 9 blank Ãring
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aTTachmenT, dePress iTs
pLunger. ¶F yoU PUll on The pin wiThoUT depressing The plunger, you ruin The PLUnger
or The rings or oUTer sheÑ oF ´e pin.
JU¶88
ÃEº¹ESS
ºLuNgE¹
TO ¹ELEASE
ThE ºÄN
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