│ │slide, are arrested and prevented │ │from going home. The distance they │ │are held back depends upon the │ │point at which the obstruction │ │asserts itself. │(iii) B. If free,│(iii) B. (1) │ │No. 1 opens the │Damaged cartridge│ │cover. No. 2 │grooves. │ │forces down the │ │ │horns of the │ │ │extractor. No. 1 │ │ │clears the face │ │ │of the extractor,│ │ │and changes the │ │ │lock. He removes │ │ │the cartridge in │ │ │positioning the │ │ │feed block and │ │ │re-loads. │ │ │ „ │(2) Broken gib │ │ │spring. │ │ „ │(3) Broken gib. │ │ │In these cases │ │ │the extractor is │ │ │prevented from │ │ │rising to its │ │ │highest position.│ │ │It may be │ │ │necessary │ │ │sometimes to │ │ │slide the │ │ │cartridge or the │ │ │empty case │ │ │upwards, when │ │ │clearing the face│ │ │of the extractor.│ │ „ │(4) Thick-rimmed │ │ │cartridge. │ │ │NOTE.—If it is apparent that the │ │stoppage is due to a thick-rimmed │ │cartridge, it will not be necessary │ │to change the lock. ─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┬───────────────── │ │ │ =FOURTH.= │(_a_) Turn the │(_a_) (1) No │ │crank handle on │cartridge in the │ │to the buffer │chamber. │ │spring, pull the │ │ │belt to the left │ │ │front, and let go│ │ │the crank handle.│ │