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Path: bcarh8ab.bnr.ca!bcarh8ac.bnr.ca!corpgate!news.utdallas.edu!news.starnet.net!wupost!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!eff!news.umbc.edu!cs.umd.edu!gun-control From: Ken Pisichko Newsgroups: rec.guns Subject: FAL/L1A1/C1A1 gas adjustment (Was brass mangling....) Date: 1 Mar 1995 00:24:34 -0500 Organization: The University of Manitoba Lines: 26 Sender: magnum@cs.umd.edu Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu Message-ID: <3j10ei$4i2@xring.cs.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: xring.cs.umd.edu


In Blake Stevens' book on the C1A1 he states the following proceedure (p61) for adjusting the gas regulator. I'd expect other weapons of this design to use the same basic approach.

" a. Turn the gas regulator clockwise as far as possible.
b. Turn the regulator counter-clockwise 1 turn or 14 clicks.
c. Fire single rounds successively with only one round contained in the magazine each time. After each shot, rotate the regulator in the required direction until only sufficient gas acts on the piston head as to cause the action to be engaged by the holding open device.
d. Then turn the gas regulator clockwise for temperate weather conditions and four clicks clockwise for cold weather conditions.

During firing, if the gas regulator requires adjustment, unload the rifle, and proceed as follows:

a. If there is insufficient gas to operate the mechanism, adjust the gas regulator by rotating it clockwise two clicks at a time, as necessary.
b. If there is too much gas resulting in excessive recoil on the firer's shoulder turn the gas regulator counter-clockwise two clicks at a time until the correct balance is obtained."