PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-636
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 636
NOVEMBER 2005
Editor's note:
Thanks, guys.
Gunners, don't forget these don'ts when it
comes time to take care of your weapon.
Clean the way your operator TMs tell
you to. That's plenty good enough.
PS 636
NOV 05
30
Small Arms…
Don't Do That
(
Continued
)
Dear Editor,
Here at the Fort
Leonard Wood DOL
we've seen your articles
in the past on what
not
to do for your rifle,
machine gun, or pistol.
And they bear repeating.
•
oven and carburetor cleaner on your weapons. They strip off the
protective finish, which leads to corrosion.
•
cleaning pads. They also strip off the finish.
•
cotton tips or swabs. The cotton comes off and plugs things like
gas ports.
•
lighweight oils. They evaporate quickly and have a high flash point.
•
paper towels and old rags as substitutes for cleaning patches and
new cleaning rags. Paper towels and old rags shred and clog areas like
the buffer tube.
•
homemade cleaning tools. They scratch off the protective finish.
We fix lots of weapons at Leonard Wood and
we have a few more
don'ts
to add to your list.
•
Don't
use a chamber brush attached to an
electric drill. That cleans the chamber so well
that it wears out the star chamber (barrel
extension) and causes excessive headspace.
We had to replace 90 M16 rifle barrels
because of this. Just use a chamber brush
attached to a cleaning rod attached to your
hand. That's all the cleaning power you need.
•
Don't
use shaving cream or
cleaners like Simple Green. They
remove all lubricants, which leads
to corrosion. Clean with CLP or
RBC or any of the other cleaners
listed in the operator TMs.
•
Don't
put typewriter correction
fluid (the white stuff) on the front
sight. Some shooters think that
helps them sight better. But
actually the white stuff causes a
glare off the sight post that
makes it harder to sight.
Andy Free
Chuck Dutton
Gary Becker
DOL, Ft Leonard Wood, MO
do you
hear
me?
stay
away
from me
with that!
…just
muscle
power
will
do the job!
uh-oh,
someone’s used that
typewriter correction stuff
on their front sight again.
Don't
use:
use clp,
not
that
stuff!
now
listen
to
these guys and
don’t
do these
don’ts.
you don’t
need a drill
to clean me…
hey, I don’t need
a shave, I need a
cleaning!
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9:48 AM
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