Jeff; I actually used the wrong terminology. These guns have a friction ring & a friction piece. For heavy loads the friction piece is set between the bbl ring & friction ring so it is compressed by the bevels on each end for max friction. For light loads the ring is placed back next to the receiver, so it no longer aids in compressing the friction piece. The instructions I have seen for the cutts was to swap places with these parts, ie put the ring back up next to bbl ring but put the compressible friction piece down next to the receiver. I was speaking of this split friction piece, but called it the ring. I assume the piece we are speaking of cutting half in two, is also this friction piece, & not the ring
