So last night I purchased another upper receiver for my Systema PTW as this will allow me to change the configuration of my gun from rifle or carbine to CQBR in like 10 seconds. Anyway after taking my gun apart, I notice this crack in my current upper receiver…

Sigh the crack goes all the way to the outer barrel.  I’m sure it compromises the integrity of the upper receiver so I better not fall on the gun again but I think I can use it like this for a while.  The delta ring holds the barrel in place in the receiver so that’s not going to move, if anything there just may a bit more play between the upper and lower (which may cause feeding problems, we’ll see I guess).  I’ll probably replace this down the line, too bad Systema uses soft metals.

8:09 PM Edit: I bought a used A&K Masada from ASC earlier in the week and here it is! 😀

It’s in rougher shape than I would have expected but that’s ok the externals are still solid.  Why anyone would get a sky blue PMag is beyond me, going to get some black PMags shortly to go with the thing.  Internally it’ll require a bit of work but that’s alright I’m up for the challenge!