USV Safety Regulations
G. Once unit safety inspection has been completed, carbines will be
capped off by file under supervision of the company commander
and/or first sergeant. Carbines will be held at a 45 degree angle
to the ground with the muzzle aimed at a leaf or blade of grass.
Order will be given to prime and fire by file, with unit officers
and NCO's observing each carbine muzzle as the piece is fired to
insure that the percussion cap blast moves the leaf, thereby
insuring that the flash channel is clear.
H. Only after this procedure has been
followed will a unit equipped with breechloading carbines be
permitted to march for battle.
I. This carbine safety inspection procedure
will be accomplished prior to or during dress parade each day of
an event.
SOP -1 SAFETY REGULATIONS -
REVOLVER SAFETY INSPECTION POINTS -
Annex A(3)
A. At inspection arms, the revolver will be
presented unloaded to the inspecting officer in the half-cock
position with the muzzle in the vertical position.
B. The inspecting officer will first check
the barrel with a cleaning rod or dowel of the appropriate length
to insure that the bore is clear.
C. The revolver cylinder should then be
checked to insure that none of the chambers are loaded. Any
reeolver presented for inspection in a loaded condition will be
returned to the owner who will be instructed to discharge the
piece in a safe manner and at a safe distance before returning
for further inspection.
D. After insuring that the cylinder chambers
are clear, the revolver will then be checked to insure that no
live percussion caps are on the nipples.
E. The revolver will be returned to the
soldier in the half-cock position with the muzzle up.
F. Only after this procedure has been
followed will a unit be allowed to march for battle.
G. This revolver safety inspection procedure
will be accomplished prior to or during dress parade each day of
an event.
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