Remove collar without breaking scraper.Dear Editor, We see quite a few broken scrapers for the M249 machine gun here at the Ft Leonard Wood Directorate of Logisitcs. We think gunners are snapping the scraper's tip when they remove the gas regulator collar. They pry the collar with the tip and--SNAP--there goes $17. Removing the collar can be a snap if you just remember a few points. Insert the scraper See scraping. tip so that its rounded side is up. Turn the collar counterclockwise so that the collar pin A collar pin is a small metal rod, used to hold opposite sides of a shirt collar firmly in place and to give a slight lift the knot of the necktie. Collar pins are typically 4 to 5 centimeters long and is in the form of either a safety pin or a rod with screw-on ends that can be rides up over the scraper tip. Push up slightly on the pin with the tip, but don't use force. That's what breaks the tip. The collar should come off. If the collar pin won't go over the scraper's tip, try putting one drop of CLP 1. CLP - Cornell List Processor. 2. CLP - Constraint Logic Programming. on the collar pin. The extra lubrication lubrication, introduction of a substance between the contact surfaces of moving parts to reduce friction and to dissipate heat. A lubricant may be oil, grease, graphite, or any substance—gas, liquid, semisolid, or solid—that permits free action of may make the difference. If it doesn't, get your armorer ar·mor·er n. 1. A manufacturer of weapons, especially firearms. 2. An enlisted person in charge of maintenance and repair of the small arms of a military unit. 3. One that makes or repairs armor. to help. Just don't try prying with the scraper! Andy Free POL Ft Leonard Wood, MO (Editor's note: Thanks. Your tip on tips should keep scrapers out of a scrape.) |
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