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Care Of The Rifle

Categories: TARGET PRACTICE
Military Handbooks: The Plattsburg Manual Advanced Training

Keep the metal part of your rifle covered with a thin coating of light

oil; 3-in-1 oil is ordinarily used. This is especially important in

damp weather.



Always clean the bore from the breech. This avoids injuring the muzzle.

The pull through (a string found in the oiler and thong case) is only

used in the field.



After the rifle is fired the bore is covered with an acid which, if left
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the barrel as soon as possible after firing with Hoppe's Powder

Solvent, No. 9 which can be purchased at the camp stores. If this

powder solvent is not available, dissolve some soda in water and use it.

When the barrel is clean, dry it out thoroughly by running several dry

rags through it. Next run several rags, saturated in oil, through the

barrel, this for the purpose of oiling the bore and preventing rust.

This process of cleaning should be repeated for at least three

successive days following the firing of the rifle.



The metal fouling, caused by the pealing off in the bore of the jacket

of the bullet, can only be removed by an application of an ammonia

solution which should not be used by an inexperienced man.



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