Manual

VII. CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE
1. GENERAL REMARKS
It must be emphasized that all automatic weap-
ons require constant cleaning and maintenance
and that most of the stoppages mentioned else-
where are the result of the soldier’s negligence
or lack of knowledge of his weapon.
All weapons,
whether automatic or repeating rifles, should be
cleaned at the end of a day’s firing and special
core must be taken after firing with blank car-
tridges.
2. MAINTENANCE OF THE RIFLE
a) Maintenance by the soldier
The FN Rifle cal. 7.62 mm only needs to be
partially stripped for this maintenance (field
stripping); maintenance routine is 0s follows:-
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Use the barrel cleaning brush, oiled with the
special rifle bore oil provided, and pass through
the barrel several times:
Follow this by pulling through two or three
dry rags;
Clean the chamber with the cleaning brush
provided for this purpose;
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