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Should the traverse scale on the lafette be lubricated to allow easier side to side movement?
Also, how do you lube the trigger actuator inside the frame of the lafette?
what grease should be used?

Jorge

use a grease that stays in place, GI rifle grease works great. you don't want it running out of the place you stikc it - matt

Matt wrote:use a grease that stays in place, GI rifle grease works great. you don't want it running out of the place you stikc it - matt

The manual says the traverse scale is not to be lubricated! I think it needs it.

Jorge

Check it for flatness also.A slight bend will make it move hard,or a nick in the plate.If you use a grease,don't use enough to obscure the numbers.At least,the numbers were put there for a reason,but are not generally used by us.I don't know how the germans did it,but my father always taught me that after you set your limit stops,you fired a burst of 3 ,tap the gun and repeat.Every on ce in a while make a swing to break up the pattern.This was on the .30 cal.I had a strange upbringing.My father went to sea when he was 16,joined the Marines when he was 20,and fought in Korea,then back to the Merchant Marines.He had 8 kids and was away a lot.He didn't know what to do with us kids when he was home,so we all learned bayonette drill,how to dig a foxhole,walks in the woods he pointed out places to watch for ambush,and places to set one up.How to set up for traversing fire and interlocking fields.The grandkids are learning also We also learned rope splicing and rigging,and how to get a track back on a tank [bulldozer] as fast as possible.Most other kids never learned this stuff,but some has been useful.[like where to stick a bayonette so it doesn't get stuck! ] ---bil

Hi Bil,
You father seems to me a very interesting character.It's nice that he showed his kids all the aspects of being a marine.My dad tried doing that with me and my brother but he forgot a lot of stuff .He was in the Portuguese army right before WW2 ended.He would go on about P-38's,8mm K98k.It seems to me those are the only moments i remember lately about my departed dad.

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