Browning machine gun caliber .50, M2, aircraft, fixed and flexible. Page: 24
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TM 9-225
11 ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT
slide lever stud nut. Place retracting slide bracket bolt in its hole in
retracting slide bracket. Screw on retracting slide bracket nut loosely.
(b) Place retracting slide assembly on right side of casing with the
holes in slide in line with holes in side plate. Screw in retracting slide
bracket screws and replace locking wires. Tighten retracting slide
bracket nut and replace cotter pin.
(7) Fixed gun.-(a) Replace operating slide handle spring, handle
plunger, and handle, and insert hinge pin. Insert cotter pin in oper-
ating slide handle hinge pin. Replace operating slide roller and insert
roller pin. Insert cotter pin in operating slide roller pin.
(b) Position operating slide,assembly on right-hand side of casing
and replace operating slide guides, front and rear, over the slide, with
the holes in guides in line with holes in side plate. Screw in operating
slide guide screws, taking care that in operating slide guide rear,
operating slide guide rear upper screw (long screw) is in the upper
hole and operating slide guide rear lower screw (short screw) is in
the lower hole. Replace locking wire.
b. Back plate group.-(1) Vertical buffer (fixed type).--(a) Insert
upper and lower buffers and buffer disks in buffer tube. The disks
should be clean and free of rough edges and surfaces and should be
assembled in the buffer tube one at a time. Make sure each disk is
firmly seated.
(b) Replace adjusting screw plunger and spring in adjusting screw.
Insert adjusting screw into buffer tube and tighten.
(c) Position latch lock spring and latch lock plunger on back plate,
place latch lock over plunger and spring, and insert latch lock pin.
(d) Replace back plate latch spring and back plate latch and insert
back plate latch pin.
(2) Horizontal buffer (fixed and flexible types) (fig. 10).-(a) In-
sert buffer plate and buffer disks in buffer tube. The disks should be
clean and free from rough edges and surfaces and should be assembled
in the tube one at a time. Make sure each disk is firmly seated.
(b) Replace adjusting screw plunger and spring in adjusting screw.
Insert adjusting screw in buffer tube and tighten.
(c) Replace trigger, trigger spacer, and trigger spring. Insert
trigger pin (flexible type only).
(d) Replace latch lock spring and latch lock. Insert latch lock
pin and cotter pin.
(e) Replace back plate latch spring and back plate latch. Insert
back plate latch pin.
c. Cover group (fig. 9).-(1) Insert cover latch shaft assembly in
the hole in cover and replace cotter pin.
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United States. War Department. Browning machine gun caliber .50, M2, aircraft, fixed and flexible., book, April 30, 1942; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29988/m1/26/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.