Look again.  What seems to be the "pointy" end is really the gap between the scope and receiver.  If that slug was still on there, it'd be longer than that.

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SGT. JIRI TREBISSKY H&D SAS

“A conservative is a man or woman or child who looks backward to ‘the good old days’, and strives mightily to drag the rest of us back there, kicking and screaming if need be.”
~ Jiří Trebissky