PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-700
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 700
MARCH 2011
26
PS 700
MAR 11
Dear Editor,
TM 9-1005-317-23&P doesn’t really have an annual support-level
inspection for the M9 pistol similar to that required for machine guns and
the M16 rifle/M4 carbine.
Here at the Ft Carson DOL, we’ve created our own inspection that we
do for any pistol that is being prepared for deployment or is going through
Reset.
First we do the PMCS in WP 0006, then the function safety check
in WP 0011, and finally the inspection spelled out in WP 0017. The last
inspection is especially critical because it includes the trigger pull test.
I think it would benefit all armorers to have their support do at least
these checks on their M9s annually.
Albert Sweet
DOL
Ft Carson, CO
Editor’s note:
An excellent annual physical
for M9s! Thanks for the prescription, Albert.
Dear Half-Mast,
We have seen new
M2 machine guns, and
ones that have had
MWO 9-1005-213-
30-1 applied, that have
back plate shoulder
screws safety-wired two
different ways. In some
cases, the screws that
secure the trigger block
and flat spring to the
receiver are safety-wired
with a single strand of
wire, and in other cases
with a double twist of
wire. Are both methods
OK? WP 0020 00-4
in TM 9-1005-213-
23&P shows only the
double-twist method.
SSG M.S.
Dear Staff Sergeant M.S.,
Both methods of safety-wiring the shoulder
screws are fne. But it’s important the screws are
saFety-wired. Otherwise, vibration during fring
works them loose.
M2 Machine Gun…
M9 Pistol…
Single or Double Strands OK
A Good Annual Physical
PM
for
E
asy
C
ompany
Single
strand or
double-
twist safety
wire OK
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is the Ardennes forest. the
men of
easy company
find
themselves some quiet…
maybe a time to rest.
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listen
up, easy.
some of
you aren’t
payin’
attention
to
preventive
maintenance
on your
gear.
neglecting
little
things have a way of
bitin’ you
big
time…
when you least
expect it!
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