Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

116 Punjab Police Rules, 1934 Volume 1, CHAPTER 6
pulled through with a piece of oily flannelette. The bore will be found to require
special care during the three days following firing.
(viii) On active service, where boiling water is not normally available the wire
gauze will be used.
(ix) Care must be used to prevent the browning from being rubbed off the rifle, as
this is a great preventive against rust.
Cleaning after firing blank - After firing blank ammunition, special care should be taken
that the cleaning is thorough. Although in this case there is no friction between bullet and
bore, and so no internal fouling or "sweating", there is greater accumulation of superficial
fouling from blank than ball cartridge, because there is no bullet in blank ammunition to
scour the fouling left by the preceding round. The firing also is in most cases more prolonged,
and a greater interval must usually elapse before the rifle can be thoroughly
cleaned. When blank firing precedes practice with ball, the rifles will be carefully
cleaned before ball practice commences.
General notes on care of rifle -
(a) When the rifle is not in use, the leaf and slide of the backsight should be lowered.
(b) The mainspring should never be allowed to remain compressed except when the
rifle is loaded. The position of the cocking-piece shows whether the mainspring
is compressed or not.
(c) The magazine must not be removed from the rifle except for cleaning or other
special purpose and, to avoid weakening the spring, cartridges should only be
kept in it when necessary. A failure of the spring to raise the platform can usually
be overcome by tapping the bottom of the magazine smartly with the palm
of the hand. If the failure recurs, the rifle should be taken to the armourer for
examination and repair.
(d) The bolts of rifles are not to be exchanged. Each bolt is carefully fitted to its own
rifle, so that the parts which take the shock of the explosion have an even bearing,
and the use of wrong bolt may affect the accuracy of the rifle. The number
stamped on the back of the bolt lever should agree with that stamped on the right
front of the body.
(e) No head constable or constable is permitted to take to pieces any portion of the
action, except as prescribed for cleaning, nor is he to loosen or tighten any of the
screws.
APPENDIX No. 6.17(A)
RULES TO BE OBSERVED FOR THE PROPER CONTROL AND INSPECTION
OF MAGAZINE
(1) The magazine shall be at all times kept scrupulously clean.
(2) A brush or broom shall be kept in the magazine for cleaning out the magazine on
each occasion it is opened for the receipt, delivery or inspection of ammunition.
(3) No lights (other than an electric torch) nor smoking shall on any account be allowed
inside or in the immediate vicinity of the magazine.
(4) Oiled cotton rags and waste and articles liable to spontaneous ignition shall not be
taken into the magazine.
(5) Empty boxes shall not be kept in the magazine, nor any loose packing material.
(6) Boxes of ammunition shall not be thrown down or dragged along the floor, and shall
be stacked in wooden trestles. Where there are white-ants, the legs of the trestles should
rest in shallow copper, lead or brass bowls containing a little water.
(7) If the magazine has a lightning-conductor, it shall be tested at least once a year.