PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-738
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 738
MAY 2014
26
PS 738
MAY 14
T
he AH-64’s M230 gun won’t be shooting straight if you’re not straight on cleaning the
gun barrel. So pay attention to the cleaning procedures in TM 1-1520-LONGBOW/APACHE.
During the 14-day barrel inspection, the barrel should be removed and cleaned using
CLP, NSN 9150-01-053-6688, and a small bore cleaning brush, NSN 1005-01-220-8635.
Now, you may think you can save yourself some cleaning time by not removing the
barrel, but think again. If you go ahead and shove the bore brush into the barrel and then
pull it out, do you think it’s clean? Well, the answer is no way, no how! All you’ve done is
push dirt, grime and gunk from inside the barrel further into the receiver of the gun itself,
which increases the possibility of a weapon malfunction such as a misfire or jam.
So don’t get sloppy with maintenance. Never shove that bore brush into the barrel while
it’s attached to the gun. Remove it first. That way, your gun will fire straight and true.
“My rifle is my best friend. It is my life.
I must master it as I must master my life.
My rifle without me is useless.
Without my rifle, I am useless.”
MY RIFLE by MG W.H. Rupertus
AH-64A/D…
Gun Barel
Cleaning
DoN
Right
PM Is the
Start
of
a
Beautiful Friendship
Remove barrel and
clean it like this
Never clean barrel like this
I’ll clean
the gun
barRel.
hold up!
we have
to take the barrel
off
first.
yeah, I don’t need
crud jammed into
my gun receiver!
As the opening
lines of the
famous poem
“My
Rifle,”
by MG W.H.
Rupertus, say…
How can
you
best
treat
your best
friend?
First by
carefully
following the
instructions in
the M16-series
rifle and M4/
M4A1 carbine’s
TM 9-1005-319-10.
But we have a
few
other
ways
to help your M16
and M4/M4A1…
That’s
your
bible for
care.
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