PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-674
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 674
JANUARY 2009
Never stretch the spring to try to make it work better.
That just ruins the spring.
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PS 674
JAN 09
S
oldiers are complaining about magazines jamming in Southwest Asia with
their M16 rifles, M4/M4A1 carbines and M9 pistols. That desert’s very fne sand
causes some oF those magazine problems, but much oF that jamming results From
plain ol’ poor PM. You can prevent many magazine jams just by renewing your PM
subscription.
Load a magazine like it shows on Page 0008 00-23 in TM 9-1005-319-10:
Use the 10-round stripper clip
and magazine fller Found in
each bandoleer to load 30
rounds in the magazine.
With the magazine fller in
place, push with your thumb
on the rear oF the top cartridge
until all 10 rounds are below
the Feed lips. Remove the
empty
stripper
clip
while
holding the magazine fller in
place. Repeat until three 10-
round clips are loaded.
Never use a speed loader or jam the feed lips against a table edge or anything
hard while loading a magazine.
That bends the Feed lips and ruins the magazine.
Bent Feed lips can cause double Feeds.
Begin by checking all
magazines For dents and
corrosion. IF a magazine
has more than minor dents
or corrosion, get a new one.
No use taking chances.
Eyeball the magazine’s
Feed lips. IF they’re bent,
get a new magazine. IF
the magazine’s spring and
Follower have come apart,
don’t try to reattach them.
Get a new magazine.
M16-Series Rifle, M4/M4A1 Carbine, M9 Pistol…
Magazine Jam?
Renew PM Subscription
Never use a table edge to force rounds in magazine
hey, you
just bent
my feed
lips,
bozo.
now
I’m
out of
a job.
you just
ruined
that
magazine
spring.
but we
were
trying
to give
it
more
spring!
Never
stretch
spring
Use stripper clip
and magazine Fller
to load magazines
Check each magazine
for dents and corrosion
±eed lips bent?
I’m
jammed
again.
time for you
to renew your
subscription to
magazine pm!
that’s the
only way to
get us out
of this jam!
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