PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-541
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 541
DECEMBER 1997
SmallArms
•.±
Clean by the Book
-±²³
Dear
Half-Mast,
The cleaning tanks in our
motor pools and arms rooms
were recently replaced with
chemical-free tanks that recycle
the Fuid. Are these
OK
for
cleaning RIes and machine
guns?
MAJ±D²
Dear Major T.D
²³
No, SiR they'±E not OK² ChemIcal-
f±³e clea´µ´g ta´ks use water¶based
·olutio´s For ¸lea´i´g¹ ºhat ·tu»¼
¸au·es ¸or±½sio´ i´ weapo´s¾ ¿´·tead
oF u·i´g the ta´k·À cleA´ with CL
a´d the other mateÁial spelled out i´
the
-Jo
a´dÃ20 ºMsfor eaÄH
Weapo´Å
Once Is Enough .
.. Honest
-
;±
°"
21²³
liL .
I
f someone in authority tElls you a RifLe, macHine gun± o² pIsTol musT be Cleaned
THRee tImes beFo²e IT's ²eaLLy CleAN, he³s MIsf´Ring.
±nce i² en³ugh
.
²
´
iF you Do IT ²ight THe
fRt
TImeµ ¶ighT meAns doIng iT by THe
weapon·s
´IµT.
¸LL oPeraToR ¹ºs For smaLL A²ms say To »lean weapons aFteR so maNy rounDs oR
afTeR so muCh Time¼ ½f you cLean and luBe like THe ¾º says± THe weapon is cLean
enougH ¿OR ¿ÀRingÁ FOR sToRage, and
F¶ ·N¸pE¹·º»¼
½f THe weApon is going to The A²ms ²oom ¿O² sToRAge± IT Doesn't neeD cLeaning
agAIn FoR
90
dAys, unless IT shows signs of Co²RosionÂ
Save THe wHiTe gLove TesT fO² BaRra»Ks inspeCTionsà ¸ny weApon that HAs bEen
p²opERly cLeaNed anD lubed wIll Have a Älm of
CLP½
So spoTs on a whiTe glove
mean a weapon has BEEn cLeaned CoRReCTLyÅ ¸ spotLess glove means pRoBlems.
¾¿ 541
36
DEC 97
Back to Top Back to Top
