PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-455
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 455
OCTOBER 1990
M16·SeriEs RiflE
•.±
our new M16A2s may be stif at
FRSt and It'
1±
be harder to pop the hand-
guards o±. PryiNG the Handguards will
damage them or the slipring.
The best way to do the job
i
the
way
TM 9-²0³5´3²9-²³
says:
²et the ML6 doW³ on t´e Buttstockµ
¶rip t·e ha³dguarDs¸
¹ave a buddy cº»¼e the s¼Ip½iNG WIth
Both hands aNd pu¼¼ t´e slipring doWn¾
To ¿ut t´e ´ÀÁdGuardS Back OÁ, S³a¿
each O³e ONÂÃrSt at Ähe to¿Å the³ at
the BOttoÆÇWhI¼e your Buddy hO¼dS
dOW³ the Sli¿È³G¾
ÉÊ yOu ca³'t Get SOÆeBodY to ´e¼¿
yOuË tWISt the S¼i¿ÌG S¼IGht¼y aNÍ cocK
o³e SIde dOWÁÎ T´e hÀ³dGUÏd O³ t´e
dOW³ sIde Shou¼d S³ap ÐGht O³ or o±¾
Twi±t slipring
±lightly and
cock down
Ño luck? Call your aÒÓorer.
24
OC± 90
m16²³erie± Rifle, m23´ Poµ Weapon .
..
Wrn1 GRp
Strew Dan1ERo±s
J
Sea screW that's too ¼o³g whe³
you put on an eN´a³ced riÔe
gripÕthe one with the bump
Between the second a³d thIrd
ógersÇo³ MÖ6s aNd M231s
À³d you'll have a Weapon
that ca³ accidenta¼¼y Ãre¾
ArÆorers, check ×r
long screws by taking
theÆ out and measurI³g theÆ.
AlWays Æeasure the Shank
¼e³gth. Øhat's ÙoÆ the bottom
oÚ the head (With the Washer
reÆoved) to the e³d oÚ the threads¾
Oc±90
2µ
ÛÚ the screw's lo³ger tha³ Ü
V
I³ches,
replace It WIth a ÜÝÞßin lo³g ScreW,
Ñ²Ñ 5305à0Üà268à119Ü, or ÜáI³ lo³g
screW, Ñ²Ñ 5305â0ÜàÜ47à0777ã
Øhe wordäs in åMæCçM èaéty-
oÚàêse Msg ë9á9ë, AMèMCìMA
261915Z March 9ë. íour local
AMCCçM îogisïics Assistance ðe-
presentative (îAðñ can get you a copy¾
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