PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-726

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 726

MAY 2013
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-726 - Page 20 of 33
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Dear Editor,
Back on Page 21 of PS 700
(Mar 11), you had an article on a new
tool to ID bad M16/M4 magazines.
I’m one of the small arms LARs at
Ft Hood and I’ve never seen the
magazine tool in any of the arms
rooms. You might want to remind
armorers the tool is still available.
When it first came out, its price
was $80. Now the price has
dropped below $25, which might
make it easier to convince
commanders the tool is needed.
Karl Hayhurst
TACOM LAR
Ft Hood, TX
Editor’s note:
Every arms room should have this tool, NSN 5120-01-574-0036. It’s
a small price to pay to ensure no bad magazines go out to the feld.
Here’s how to use the tool:
•± Depress±the±follower±
with±your±index±Fnger.
•± Grip±the±base±of±the±
magazine±tool±with±your±
other±hand.
•± Slide±the±curved±channel±
of±the±magazine±tool±
along±the±bolt±catch±
cutout±area±of±the±
magazine±housing.
•± Apply±slight±pressure±to±slide±the±tool±through±the±feed±lips.±If±the±GO±portion±passes±
through±the±feed±lips±freely±and±the±NO±GO±portion±does±not±pass±through±the±feed±
lips,±the±magazine±is±good±to±go.±
But iF the GO portion won’t pass through because the Feed lips are crushed or bent
inward or the NO GO portion does pass through because the Feed lips are separated,
the magazine is shot. Don’t try to fx it by bending the Feed lips. Get a new magazine,
When the black oxide wears oFF the tool, replace it. It doesn’t need to be calibrated.
Those are two very good reasons to keep the anti-refective cap on at all times. But
Soldiers keep removing the cap and losing it because the cap makes it harder to use
the M16 rife’s BUIS (backup iron sight).
Don’t do it.
You’re just shortening the liFe oF the M68 and maybe yours, too.
IF the cap has disappeared, order a new one with NSN 6650-01-479-5386.
Get±Newest±TM
Make sure you have the newest TM For the
M68, TM 9-1420-413-13&P (Mar 08). It covers
the M68 Comp M2, NSN 1240-01-411-1265,
and M68 Comp M4/M4S, NSN 1240-01-540-
3690. It’s online at the LOGSA ETM website:
Some units report getting M68s with the old
TM 9-1420-413-12&P. It’s way out oF date, so
make sure you’re using the newest edition.
•±
It prevents a reflection from signaling your position
to the enemy. That could mean the difference
between life and death to you on the battlefield.
•±
It protects the M68’s lens from getting scratched
up. If the lens gets too scratched up, you can’t see
through it and the sight becomes unusable.
M16-Series Rifle, M4/M4A1 Carbine…
Magazine Tool
Not
Being Subscribed To
M68
Reflex
Sight…
Don’t Go Capless!
Depress
follower
with
index finger.
Grip tool
base with
other hand
Leave
anti-
reflective
cap on at
all times
the anti-
reflective
cap serves
two
functions
for the
m68
reflex
sight…
hey, can
you cut
down on the
reflection?
not my
fault,
dude.
that’s like
‘please shoot
here’
to the
enemy!
you took
off my anti-
reflective cap.
bad move.
No wonDer
you JAMmed!
this magazine
can’t
feEd you
buLlets!!
I Wish there
was some
way to wEeD
out
bad
magazines!
you need to
subscribe to my
new magazine
toOl!
Magazine is NO GO
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