Made and intro in the no0b thread. In the several years I have owned my rifled I had just accepted I needed to shoot it as a single shot only. Reason being is when feeding cartridges they would spread out in the box mag and the bolt could not catch them. Real pain to get them back out as well. I decided to take off the base plate and a piece of metal fell out:





This was riding on the top of the follower inside the box mag. It also only allowed for 5 rounds. I just learned it holds six so that's why I took the plate off initially. Once I removed this the rifle now holds the correct amount and cycles ammunition beautifully. Does anyone have any idea what the hell this was for? I am wondering if it was the government's way of shortening the mag capacity for civilians? I'm at a loss.

Here's my rifle in all its glory. It has a six digit serial number. The white out or shoe polish was not my doing. I hate it: