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SULjESTIONS TO
KEEP )LU GC- -0./


HOW TO FIGHT CARBON )
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PREVENTING LOSS OF THE
FRONT SIGHT SWIVEL...


POINTERS TO PONDER


'-Combat rnpes can's emphasize rhis /' u
enough: Clean the gas port in the bolt
carrier group after e'erN dai of firing
-and lake it real ea. wilh Ihe lube.
Dirt and powder-fouling-plus an I \
overdose of lube oil-will give iou a
sluggish rile. .Numbah 10 Thou'
in a combat situation!
 So. when You get sour baby stripped
 for cleaning, like it sass in para 3-2' in
 Change 4 to sour TM 9-1005 249-14 I lun 6-4. take an extra 5 seconds to get
 at the port hole do"n there in the front end of the gas tube. Like so:

 1. Work a bore blushful 2. Then use a pipe deaner or the like to poke the gook out of the port.
 iof bore leaner around In a pinch you could use a stripped green twig or stem of gross to do
 inside e the tube. the job as long as it won't peel in therein t o't use wire, though, or
 you might saotch the tube and set up worse trouble later on.


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