PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-487
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 487
JUNE 1993
Small Arms
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1
he number one problem for riFLes,
machine guns± and pistoLs in The deseRt
can be summed up in onE word: sand.
IT's evERywheRe² Wind bLows sand
into ThE smaLLesT openings in your
weapons± LikE thE muzzLe and ejecTion
porT³ Sand m´xes wiTh LubE and cReatEs
a gRindµng comPund tha¶ acts LikE
scouring powdeR± gRinding up moving
parts·
You¸RE noT going to shuT ouT sand
CompleTe¹yº
I
forcEs arE Too supErior»
But youR weapon can do it¼ job in The
desert if you FOcus on thes½ ¾M ¿uLEsÀ
0
ÁlEan youR wEapon as oFTen as
possibLe² ÂhaT means at LEasT daiLy·
ÃvEn wiping iT oÄ with a cLean± dRy
cLoth evERy chancE you get wiLL hElpÅ
ÆLean in Enclos½d areas when pos-
sibLE whERe you can geT away FÇom
bLowing sandÈ
0
Give specÉaL attention to inteRnaL pARts
that move± liKe The boLT caRRiERÊ WipE and
brush them as cLean as possËbleÌ Use
youR own Lung poweR to blow out sand
FÍom aReas Like THE tRiggER assembLy ThaT
youÎRE noT authoÍiZEd To disassembLEÏ
0
Âake it easy with lubes Like Æо.
Âhey wiÑl atÒRact sandÓ ÐimiT Lubing To
inTErnaL parTs³ Wipe thE ouTsidE oÔ your
weapon d¿y²
±
MagaZines jam wiÕh sand² ÖhEn your
weapon×s shooting on empTyÊ ØnÙoad
and wipe oÔF ammo daiÚy. Ûun a Rag
thRough ThE magaZinEÅ Do not put any
LubE in magaZines oR on ammoÜ
0
Ýse RiÞE covErs± muzZLE caps± and
spaRe magaZine bags as much as posß
sibLeÅ ÆoveR mounTEd machine gunsà án
RifÑEsâ keep ThE EjEction port coveR cLosEd
and a magaZine installedÌ
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JUNE93
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