"I don't know why your rear-sight is setting so low in its hand-guard." butlersrangers

I have the hand guard that came with the rifle when I bought it. it is similar to yours and not notched. There is a good size chunk out of it at the area of the receiver ring. I believe I have a photo of it in the thread. I found this reproduction one and installed it....I wished the original wasn't messed up....
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