Bayonet Scabbard M
a. Nicks and Burs. Nicks and burs on mouthpiece top, or top bushing, should be removed with smooth file. A flat file with safe edge should be used for flat surfaces and a rat-tailed file for inside curved surfaces. b. Top Loose in Body. If top becomes loose in metal body, it may sometimes be tightened as follows Place piece of flat metal in blade opening of top to prevent springing and place scabbard on solid edge of flat surface, such as the anvil of a vice, so that rim of top does not contact...
Characteristics
1 Loading. This rifle is a breech-loading magazine weapon of the bolt type. The magazine will hold five cartridges, and one additional cartridge may be inserted in the chamber, thus making the maximum capacity for any one loading six shots. To facilitate the loading of the magazine, cartridges are ordinarily put up in brass clips holding five cartridges each. The magazine, however, may be loaded by inserting single cartridges by hand, one after the other. a The rear sight is adjustable for...
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c. To remove the rear sight assembly Rifles M1903 and M1903A1 from the fixed base and to disassemble fig. 52 , proceed as follows 1 Turn windage screw until movable base has revolved far enough to disengage the worm gear on base lip from screw threads on windage screw, and the front and rear lips of movable base are not held by undercuts on the fixed base. Lift movable base off pivot lug on fixed base. 2 Turn rear sight leaf to forward horizontal position. Place movable base in a vise with a...
Publications Indexes
The following publications indexes should be consulted frequently for latest changes or revisions of references given in this section and for new publications relating to materiel covered in this manual a. Introduction to Ordnance Catalog explaining ASF Cat. SNL system ORD 1 IOC b. Ordnance Publications for Supply Index index ASF Cat. to SNL's ORD 2 OPSI c. Index to Ordnance Publications listing FM's, TM's, TC's, and TB's of interest to ordnance personnel, OPSR, MWO's, BSR, S or SR's, OSSC's,...
Bolt Extracting Cam Upper Locking Lug
RA PD 10856 Figure 17 Bolt Assembly Top View entirely compressed. During the rotation of the bolt, a rearward motion has been imparted to it by its extracting cam fig. 14 coming in contact with the extracting cam of the receiver fig. 28 so that the cartridge case will be started from the chamber. In figure 26 the extracting cam of the receiver is hidden from view by the extracting cam of the bolt. The bolt is then drawn directly to the rear, the parts being retained in position by the cocking...
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LEAF - D28372 J -SLIDE - B128418 K - PIN - A13C008 ' M SLIDE. ASS'Y-Bl46393 N - Bl28424 Q BASE - C45026 PIN A130006 FIXED BASE - C45025 SCREW - Bl 28415 -COLLAR - A 35891 - SPRING - B146884 -KNOB - A135892 RECEIVER - D28371 BARREL . ASS Y- C63932 Figure 52 Rear Sight Group Exploded View Parts for U.S. Rifles, caL .30, M7903 and Ml903A1 b. The fixed stud should never be removed from the barrel unless necessary. To remove, drive out fixed stud pin and drive fixed stud forward by striking with a...
Standard Nomenclature Lists
Cleaning, preserving and lubricating materials recoil fluids special oils, and miscellaneous Soldering, brazing and welding material, gases Ammunition, rifle, carbine, and automatic gun. . SNL T-l Rifles, U. S., cal. .30, M1903, M1903A1, M1903A3, and M1903A4 Snipers SNL B-3 Tools, maintenance, for repair of, small and hand arms, and pyrotechnic projectors SNL B-20 Truck, 2V2-ton, 6x6, small arms repair, Truck, small arms repair, Ml SNL G-72
Rifle Mechanism
Figure 25 Camming System A Section Through Forward Bnd of Receiver and Rear End of Barrel Vorfical View rounded at its lower edge, engages in the extracting groove of the top cartridge as it rises from the magazine under the action of the follower and magazine spring fig. 29 . The cartridge can not come out of magazine well until pushed forward by the bolt. This prevents double feeding. The position occupied by the bolt and cartridge is shown in figures 14 and 15. 4 Camming System. It will be...
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Figure 8 - Telescopic Siglil M73 amp 1 Weaver No. 330 Cj Dismounted From Mount Base of U.S. Rifle, the Rifle M1903A3 described in subparagraph c, above, with the following exceptions a A telescopic sight is mounted to a flat mount base screwed to the top of the receiver fig. 8 in place of the fixed, wing type rear sight mounted on the Rifle M1903A3 fig. 7 . b The front sight group is entirely removed from the barrel c The stock assembly is similar to that of the Rifle M1903A1 in that it has a...
Contents
Section I. Introduction IV. Maintenance and V. Special maintenance VL Index This Technical Manual supersedes TM 9-1270, dated 19 May 1942 tb 1270-1, dated 1 May 1942 it does not affect TB 1205-2, dated 1 May 1942 and TB 1270-2, dated 15 December 1942. a. This Technical Manual is published for the information and guidance of ordnance maintenance personnel. It contains detailed instructions for disassembly, assembly, inspection, maintenance, and repair of the materiel listed below. Additional...