petergun870

Wow getting this ring seated down was a chore i had to pound it in with a socket and extension makes me wonder how it popped out.

Awesome. Thank you very much David this was driving me crazy that was the only possible place after spending a hours looking at the rifle.What its exact purpose is a mystery but i think tuckers right.

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I have assembled it and it seams to work fine.I was sitting on my bench chair facing away from it when i pulled the barrel i heard something hit the floor about 2 ft in front of me when i looked that ring was on the floor i think it might have come out of where the piston engages the gas exit port on the barrel it seems to fit in that tube here are some pics[ATTACH=CONFIG]980[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]981[/ATTACH]

Thanks David Its really weird i looked at the parts schematic that came with the rifle and it doesn't show it anywhere in the parts list.[ATTACH=CONFIG]978[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]979[/ATTACH]

So here i am taking my R1 30-06 apart yes i have done it three times before but this time this strange ring popped out i am going hunting tomorrow and need to find where it goes it fell out when i removed the upper from the lower assembly for a basic cleaning heres a pic [ATTACH=CONFIG]970[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]971[/ATTACH]