PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-694
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 694
SEPTEMBER 2010
18
PS 694
SEP 10
Hook the tool over the cocking
lever, halfway up the lever. If you
get it higher, the lever will jam.
To strengthen the handle and protect your hand, wrap tape several times around the
point where the triangle joins the shaft.
To use the tool, remove the backplate, driving rod spring and bolt pin.
I
f you plan on being an armorer for long, you should also plan on dealing with an M2
machine gun whose bolt is stuck in the receiver with the cocking lever up. Someday a
Soldier in your unit will slide the bolt in the receiver with the cocking lever forward. Count
on it.
The Tool
But with this tool you can level the lever problem. Here’s how to make it:
Order a 2-ft length of
3
/
8
-in brass rod, NSN 9525-00-249-7441. Cut it down to 20
1
/
2
inches.
Bend it like this:
The Screwdriver
Of course, in the Feld you may not have the tool handy. In that case, the screwdriver
method sometimes does the trick:
After
you
remove
the
backplate, driving rod spring,
and bolt pin, retract the bolt
as far as you can.
Press down hard on the lever as you
pull back with several hard yanks of the
tool. The bolt should come unstuck.
Press in on the buffer
detent spring with a
screwdriver as you slide
out the buffer assembly
about two inches.
Slide the bolt forward as you
pull the buffer to the rear. The bolt
forces the accelerator down and
allows the buffer to be removed.
You may need to slide the bolt back
and forth several times before you
can pull the buffer out.
Push down on the front of the barrel
extension. Slide the bolt out of the receiver.
If the bolt hangs up, pull the extension
forward and up until the bolt slides out.
Save yourself all this trouble by training
your M2 gunners never to slide the bolt in the
receiver with the cocking lever forward.
M2
Machine
Gun…
ah, yes…
your
bolt
is stuck!
thank good-
ness you made
that tool!
you’ll have
me unstuck
in no tiMe!
Wrap tape here
Rod
3’’
2
1
/
2
’’
12’’
1
/
2
’’
3
/
8
’’
2
1
/
2
’’
Level
Lever Problem
with Tool
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