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ENGAGE TARGET WITH 7.62-MM MACHINE GUN (PERFORM FAILURE TO FIRE-IMMEDIATE ACTION) - Continued
For a Hot Gun (200 or More Rounds Fired in Two Minutes):
1.
Wait five seconds after stoppage.
2.
Pull charger handle (A) back to charge gun.
3.
Try to fire gun (page 2-482).
NOTE
"Cookoff" is when heat of gun causes a chambered round to
fire
WARNING
Danger of a cookoff exists when gun is hot. After waiting five
seconds, gun must be unloaded within next five seconds. If
gun cannot be unloaded in five seconds, let bolt go forward,
close cover, and keep gun pointed at target 15 minutes to cool.
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