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[W5USMC]

My understanding was the Gas Piston and Nut were to be serviced by the Armorer or at least not by the regular GI. Likely because of the Nut being Staked.

Charlie, page down to the gas piston section of this thread. Seems that a regular G.I. was able to do it but under supervision of an armorer.
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[browningautorifle]

Seems that a regular G.I. was able to do it but under supervision of an armorer.

That would be unrealistic. That's why the tool was taken off the back of the trigger housing. Armorers have better things to do than supervise mudrollers...

[W5USMC]

Armorers have better things to do than supervise mudrollers...

Maybe so at times, but I distinctly remember many times when the armorers were busy playing spades in the armory while "supervising" Unit weapons cleaning sessions.

[eb in oregon]

Maybe so at times, but I distinctly remember many times when the armorers were busy playing spades in the armory while "supervising" Unit weapons cleaning sessions.

In all the years I and my fellow soldiers cleaned and maintained our rifles about the only "supervision" we got from the armorers was when attempting to turn it in was for the armorer to stick a q-tip somewhere and find a bit of grey on the swab and say "No, it's not clean." Regardless weapons aren't supposed to be sterilized and the standards were/are "oiled, clean and serviceable." More weapons have been worn out from over cleaning than expended in combat IMO.

[browningautorifle]

times when the armorers were busy playing spades in the armory

Got to agree with you there. I didn't mean they were overworked, I was always rifle company and we never saw them unless it was ATI time.

More weapons have been worn out from over cleaning than expended in combat IMO.

That's a fact.