230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
I've done as much research as practicable on the subject of the various sighting systems on the SKS Yugo 59/66 rifle.
No answers to the following questions seem to pop out of the various searches I've done, including on THR. Perhaps I can't find the answers because I don't know how to pose the questions for search engines.
So I figure it would be easier to just ask outright, and maybe my questions will help others. Please pardon my naivete in advance.
This rifle has:
1. Regular battle sights with the little post front sight and the regular tangent leaf rear sight.
(a) The post front sight is threaded and seems to have cutouts (flats) for some kind of spanner wrench for vertical adjustments, accessible from the hole in top of the front sight hood. I did not receive the buttplate tool kit with this rifle (it's on the way). Is there a tool in the kit for adjusting this post front sight to calibrate it with the rifle's tangent rear leaf sight?
(b) Is there any windage adjustment possible on either the front post or rear tangent leaf sight? (I'm familiar with which way either sight must move to change the point of impact in a given direction, so there's no need to go into that.)
2. The "Night Sights," which are supposed to be tritium sights and no longer glow perceptibly, as to be expected with a rifle this old. I'm clear on that part, considering the half-life of tritium is about 12 years.
(a) There is the flip-up front Night Sight whose function is fairly obvious and I'm clear on that part, too.
(b) But the "Night Sight" dots on the rear tangent leaf are on the underside of the sight bar, which means that to use it, one must have the leaf set up vertically in order to see the dots. This brings the notch for the night sights up about 1 3/4 inch above even the 1000 Meter setting on the regular leaf. This seems rather excessive, to say the least. Moreover, the dots appear on a solid portion of the rear sight leaf, and are therefore not adjustable. How are these Night Sight dots on the rear sight supposed to be used?
3. The "Grenade Laucher" sight. (I understand about the gas valve --no need to go into that, and I understand that one is not supposed to fire a grenade from the shoulder.)
(a) When flipped up, this is supposed to form a new "rear sight" for launching the grenades, and there are three notches in the steps to the "ladder" for different ranges. But what is supposed to form the "front" sight in this case? The point of the grenade? In that case, it would seem that with the different types of grenades available, the length of the grenade itself must be somehow calibrated to the weight and "ballistic coefficient" of the grenade so that the range markings on the grenade laucher sight are reasonably close, even though one should not expect pinpoint accuracy.
(b) There are two sets of graduations on the steps to the grenade launcher sight. On the left, it shows the letter "T" and the numbers 110, 175, 240, and 270 for each of the steps and the 270 is on the left side of the sight. On the right there is a "K" and the numbers 50, 100, 150, and no corresponding marking on the right side of the leaf. I assume these numbers are ranges in Meters, but what do the letters "T" and "K" stand for?
If someone out there can answer these questions definitively, it would be appreciated. I have looked at most of the sites regarding SKS sights but cannot find satisfactory answers, especially with respect to the grenade launching sight.
Again, pardon my naivete, and I'm sure I will smite my forehead and say "Dummy!" when someone answers these questions, but it sure would be nice to stop scratching my head over these things.
Thanks in advance, and I hope "General" is the right place to post this.
No answers to the following questions seem to pop out of the various searches I've done, including on THR. Perhaps I can't find the answers because I don't know how to pose the questions for search engines.
So I figure it would be easier to just ask outright, and maybe my questions will help others. Please pardon my naivete in advance.
This rifle has:
1. Regular battle sights with the little post front sight and the regular tangent leaf rear sight.
(a) The post front sight is threaded and seems to have cutouts (flats) for some kind of spanner wrench for vertical adjustments, accessible from the hole in top of the front sight hood. I did not receive the buttplate tool kit with this rifle (it's on the way). Is there a tool in the kit for adjusting this post front sight to calibrate it with the rifle's tangent rear leaf sight?
(b) Is there any windage adjustment possible on either the front post or rear tangent leaf sight? (I'm familiar with which way either sight must move to change the point of impact in a given direction, so there's no need to go into that.)
2. The "Night Sights," which are supposed to be tritium sights and no longer glow perceptibly, as to be expected with a rifle this old. I'm clear on that part, considering the half-life of tritium is about 12 years.
(a) There is the flip-up front Night Sight whose function is fairly obvious and I'm clear on that part, too.
(b) But the "Night Sight" dots on the rear tangent leaf are on the underside of the sight bar, which means that to use it, one must have the leaf set up vertically in order to see the dots. This brings the notch for the night sights up about 1 3/4 inch above even the 1000 Meter setting on the regular leaf. This seems rather excessive, to say the least. Moreover, the dots appear on a solid portion of the rear sight leaf, and are therefore not adjustable. How are these Night Sight dots on the rear sight supposed to be used?
3. The "Grenade Laucher" sight. (I understand about the gas valve --no need to go into that, and I understand that one is not supposed to fire a grenade from the shoulder.)
(a) When flipped up, this is supposed to form a new "rear sight" for launching the grenades, and there are three notches in the steps to the "ladder" for different ranges. But what is supposed to form the "front" sight in this case? The point of the grenade? In that case, it would seem that with the different types of grenades available, the length of the grenade itself must be somehow calibrated to the weight and "ballistic coefficient" of the grenade so that the range markings on the grenade laucher sight are reasonably close, even though one should not expect pinpoint accuracy.
(b) There are two sets of graduations on the steps to the grenade launcher sight. On the left, it shows the letter "T" and the numbers 110, 175, 240, and 270 for each of the steps and the 270 is on the left side of the sight. On the right there is a "K" and the numbers 50, 100, 150, and no corresponding marking on the right side of the leaf. I assume these numbers are ranges in Meters, but what do the letters "T" and "K" stand for?
If someone out there can answer these questions definitively, it would be appreciated. I have looked at most of the sites regarding SKS sights but cannot find satisfactory answers, especially with respect to the grenade launching sight.
Again, pardon my naivete, and I'm sure I will smite my forehead and say "Dummy!" when someone answers these questions, but it sure would be nice to stop scratching my head over these things.
Thanks in advance, and I hope "General" is the right place to post this.