PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-482
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 482
JANUARY 1993
M249 Machine Guns
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Right Hole fr the Right Pin
M2, M60, MES Machin± Gun²
.²³
why it musT
b
in the UpPr Receiver
hole, where It Can p±oVide more stReNgth.
Lfthe head²ess pin is pUT in the tOp bole³
´he M249 Comes apart dUring fiRingµ
¶ook For the ·hRee retainiNg C¸ips, tOO¹
ºhey'Re of»en ¼½rgotten¾ WthoUt Them¿
Bth pins
c
work lOOseÀ
Áf yoUr Â2Ã9s wonÄt fit in the RaCK,
SometHÅng's wrong with ·he ±aCk, not
yoUr M249sÀ Æell yoUr ÇoCalAMÈÈÉM
LR.
Is That a Crack?
A
CÊaCk is noT always a CÊaCk Ë¹Ì at leasT
ÍÎ
,
.
-
m³CHlnI
-
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when it Comes To yoUr maChine gÏn ÐarrelsÀ
ºhat "CraCkÑ yoU see may Ðe only a grooVeÀ
ÒÓ yoU spOt what looks like a CraCk on the
insÔde oÕ the ÐaÊrel near The ÐreeCh endÖ don't
sweat iT× ÆhaTØs no CÊaCkÖ ThatÙs the gÊooVe
where The ÐarÊelÙs TUÐe and lÅner meetÚ
ºhe grOoVe Ûs Very narrow and goes
Completely aroUnd the ÐarrelØs insideÀ
Üt doesnØT mean anythingØs wrong with
yoUÊ Ðarrel.
ÉF CoUrse, ÔF yoU see oTher CraCkS in
the ÐarrelÝ report Them ÐeFore yoU
fi±e yoUÊ maChine gUn again¹
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