Two weeks ago I picked a Type 2 paratrooper, all matching but with defaced mum. The former owner had bathed it in cosmolene so I took it apart and cleaned. Then I had to go on a business trip and finally began to re-assemble it last night. All went well until I came across a part that I do not know where to install. It is numbered to the two pieces of the receiver-barrel combination.

The part is U shaped, has two rectangular metal ears, one with the receiver-barrel combination number stamped on it. There is a single hole drilled through each of the metal ears. The U shaped seems to fit around a channel in the barrel just behind the rear sight. I cannot see any other place to put this piece of metal. It might act as a sight protector.

Does anyone have a picture of a Type 2 paratrooper that might have picture this part?
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