i was wrong its a 10 cent piece of steel not aluminum 3/8 x 1 inch long 5/8 wide maybe i took out of the stock that had a groove type channel made for this piece to fit ,sure looked like a piece of plastic fiber was painted grayish black ,Wednesday the glass bedding will be here . probably would be ok for some people to use this piece of aluminum the way it is ? but that channel would fill up with water and be a problem in nasty weather , not at all impressed.
