philpost
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Anyone upgrade the iron sights on their AK (Krebs, Tech-Sights) and care to make a recommendation?
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(emphasis added)"The reality of what I found was that the actual recoil force puts more stress on the sight than removing it and reinstalling it. As the recoil spring pressure is constant on the sight, as long as the sight fits snugly into the T-slot when installed, the sight should keep its zero under the worst of conditions. .... The Tech-Sight nearly doubles the sight radius."
I tried the Texas Weapon Systems rail with the rear peep sight they sell. I would STRONGLY recommend staying away from this setup if you're looking for an irons upgrade. It's a very nice setup if you want to add optics, but the rear peep sight sits way too high. As a result, your sights are not parallel with your barrel, thus are pretty much worthless except at one very specific range.
No sights are parallel to the barrel. If they were, you'd never be able to zero the weapon. What is the zero on the dog leg? Did the manufacturer go with the 'battle' height instead of a 100y zero?
I tried the Texas Weapon Systems rail with the rear peep sight they sell. I would STRONGLY recommend staying away from this setup if you're looking for an irons upgrade. It's a very nice setup if you want to add optics, but the rear peep sight sits way too high
If youre a decent shot, 300 yards is fairly easily done with stock sights and even with guns like a SAR or WASR, and thats from field positions, not a bench. Ammo is actually more of an issue. If you have ammo the gun likes, and youre capable, you shouldnt have any problems.And 4 MOA at 300 yards IS 12", so I would be highly surprised if they all stayed on a 12" plate. I love my AK, I have a good one, and I'm a decent shot, but no way is it a 300 yard rifle, especially stock.
I had no trouble adjusting my front sight to get a good 50 yard zero with my Texas Tactical rail rear aperture sight. With a set of see-thru rings for my Votex Strikfire red dot I have a fast red/green dot with usable BUIS at the ready.