Should new weapons be gauged?The answer is no, new weapons don't need to be gauged. And neither do weapons coming back from overhaul at depot. New and overhauled weapons are proof-fired and gauged prior to being shipped to your unit. So they don't need to be gauged for a year if you're active Army or two years if you're non-deployed Guard or Reserve. Of course, any time armorers suspect problems with a weapon or when the bolt bolt Mechanical fastener, usually used with a nut, for connecting two or more parts. Bolted joints can be readily disassembled and reassembled; hence bolts or screw fasteners are used more than other types of mechanical fastener. or barrel is replaced, the weapon should be gauged. And make sure the gauges themselves have been gauged. The gauges should have a gauge card showing when they were last calibrated cal·i·brate tr.v. cal·i·brat·ed, cal·i·brat·ing, cal·i·brates 1. To check, adjust, or determine by comparison with a standard (the graduations of a quantitative measuring instrument): . If it's been more than a year, the gauges need to go to TMDE TMDE Test, Measurement, & Diagnostic Equipment for calibration calibration /cal·i·bra·tion/ (kal?i-bra´shun) determination of the accuracy of an instrument, usually by measurement of its variation from a standard, to ascertain necessary correction factors. . What armorers do need to do upon receipt of new or overhauled weapons is the Service Upon Receipt checks in the weapon's -20 TM. |
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