Spent the day at the range with one of the grandsons yesterday. It was pretty warm but what a great day. We don't get to do that as often as we'd like. Had lunch together afterwards. Started cleaning weapons this morning. For some reason cleaning is not as much fun as shooting but I enjoy that as well.
I was inspecting the SKS as I cleaned it and found two tiny chips out of the end of the gas rod. Should have take some pics for your enjoyment but didn't think about it at the time. I've ordered a replacement and will take some snaps when I change it out. Probably no problem. God knows those things will fire if they are wrapped around a tree but I am just not comfortable with anything less than perfect, especially when my kids and grand kids are shooting them. I'll toss the used one in the box of parts for an emergency but it was interesting it was chipped. I think the gas rod is part of the 922r compliant parts. I couldn't find a name on it so I'm not certain of that. Anywhoo, I purchased a US one made by Poly Technologies. They make them in Atlanta. The company is Chinese owned, however, and the parent company is the original Chineses SKS importer into the U.S. under the name KFS industries. My SKS is a Yugo.
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