Sks accessories question

[Conquest66]

I found an unknown item included with a Russian sks, please help identify what it is. Thanks comrades.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/BNSBW4eK2THJMVSt9

 

[Jahnj0584]

Ask James directly

 

[BlackPowderBurner]

Mag catch

 

[scianna54]

Do you have an aftermarket magazine release installed? Because this is the original.

 

[Conquest66]

Do you have an aftermarket magazine release installed? Because this is the original.

Yes I should have known, it is the mag catch. Thanks.

 

[thegazelle]

I took my SKS trigger group apart last year to clean the sear - you can see the magazine latch where it normally would go in the photos I took (first photo is the mag latch and sear removed, second photo shows entire trigger group with the mag latch - in the front).