you better find out why both of the rods broke. One maybe, two means you got a problem. May be the site pundits will tell you why that is. No its not fine to shoot the way it is.
I'd expect many of those scrawny little guide rods break due to how slight they are, and from what I've read since starting this post, it is not uncommon. I'll be drilling the extractors, and threading in new rods of the appropriate size; probably using a pair of in gauges.
Why not shoot it? It ejects hulls fine, and if the ejectors were disabled by removing the sears and such, the hulls would extra just fine too.
I wish that whoever wouldn't have cut the barrel down. I like shorter barrels, but I'd prefer something other than cyl/cyl.
