Technical data

TM 9-1005-319-23&P 0025
0025-5
NOTE
AIR FORCE ONLY: Only depot maintenance is authorized to restamp the serial
number on weapon.
ARMY ONLY: Only field maintenance is authorized to restamp serial number.
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Figure 5. Stamping Serial Number.
8. ARMY ONLY: If serial number is hard to read on weapon, restamp as follows:
a. Support the receiver in the stamping area to prevent bending and distortion of the receiver.
b. Exercise extreme care to restamp the same serial number as the original.
c. Restamp the serial number the same size as the original serial number.
NOTE
Most rifle/carbine serial numbers are 1/8 in. (0.31 cm) in height, or close enough that
this size is acceptable for such restamping. In the event that a weapon has a serial
number that cannot be reproduced by the use of the die sets contained in the Set D
Field Maintenance Post, Camp, and Station Small Arms Shop Set, local purchase of
an appropriate size die set is authorized.
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