│it into the │ │ │chamber. Push the│ │ │pin well home by │ │ │allowing the lock│ │ │to go forward. │ │ │Then keeping a │ │ │firm pressure on │ │ │the crank handle,│ │ │give the clearing│ │ │plug a rocking │ │ │motion; withdraw │ │ │the lock; lever │ │ │back the handle │ │ │of the clearing │ │ │plug, withdraw it│ │ │(seeing that the │ │ │front portion of │ │ │the separated │ │ │case is on the │ │ │clearing plug) │ │ │and re-load. │ │ ─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────── │ │ │ =THIRD.= │ │ │ _Indication._ │(i) Strike the │(i) (_a_) Too │(i) (_b_) Clean The extractor is │crank handle on │light fusee │and oil working unable to rise to│to check lever by│spring. │parts. its highest │a glancing blow │ │ position. │with the palm of │ │ If the feed block│the hand. If │ │ slide is jammed, │failure recurs, │ │ there is a fault │strengthen the │ │ in feed. │fusee spring by │ │ │three turns. │ │ „ │ „ │(_b_) Excessive │ │ │friction. │ │NOTE.—If the continued strengthening of the fusee │spring results in the crank handle stopping in the │first position, change the lock, putting the fusee │spring back to normal; if failure recurs take muzzle │attachment into use. (_See_ para. 44.) │(ii) If (i) │(ii) A cartridge │(ii) Carefully │fails, slightly │is fed up │examine the belt. │raise the crank │slightly │ │handle, pull the │crossways, or a │ │belt to the left │long brass strip │ │front, let go the│is bent. │ │crank handle, and│ │ │then strike it │ │ │down on the check│ │ │lever. │ │