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Posted: 6/21/2001 4:35:09 PM EDT
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No they don't. However, I found that having a scope mounted onto the receiver cover wasn't such a good idea, vibrates too much.
I took mine off just before I sold it. Was better with the iron sights than with the scope which is unuasal for me. |
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Posted: 6/21/2001 4:43:43 PM EDT
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I agree with sweep, just look at the receiver cover, it is going to move all over the place if you put a scope up there.
I really think SKS are best as is, with standard Iron Sights. Just my opinion though. |
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Posted: 6/21/2001 4:44:02 PM EDT
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Really? I thought that ANYTHING would be an improvement over the SKS sights.
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Posted: 6/21/2001 4:54:31 PM EDT
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As bad as the stock leaf sights are, a scope that is wandering all over the place will get pretty frustrating.
Must just be me, but are the stock sights that bad? |
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Posted: 6/21/2001 5:17:09 PM EDT
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If you put a long scope on a SKS you need a shell deflector. If you use a short scope, you dont need a deflector. I have a scope mount...it is a red star brand. It is a see through mount that allows you to use irons up to the 400 meter setting. I picked it up at a gunshow and have never seen it at one since then. I took the cheap rail off of it and modified a weaver rail to fit on it, works great.....hell I may even drop a red dot on it.
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Posted: 6/21/2001 5:20:50 PM EDT
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I bought a $50 leapers and used it for a year on my 16" paratrooper then took it off and I keep it off.
Irons for me please. |
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Posted: 6/21/2001 5:23:40 PM EDT
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Agree with most people here. That cover is not condusive to keeping a zero for your scope. There is a mount the you can tap and drill onto the receiver.
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Posted: 6/21/2001 5:32:35 PM EDT
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Quoted: Really? I thought that ANYTHING would be an improvement over the SKS sights. radioman Natchez and Brownells carry the Williams replacement peep sight for the SKS. This is about a 1000% improvement over the stock SKS sights, yet is rugged and simple. Cheap too. -Troy |
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Posted: 6/21/2001 5:38:54 PM EDT
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Here's what you need.
[img]http://home.earthlink.net/~routhier/taurus/sksmount.jpg[/img] Looks like it'd take the scope mount for a Mosin Nagant sniper rifle. I've only seen one and it might have been on the right side of the receiver. LT, how's the MN collection? Big 5 has one on sale. The one on Colorado had one that was pretty beat up. |
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Posted: 6/21/2001 5:44:49 PM EDT
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Quoted: Really? I thought that ANYTHING would be an improvement over the SKS sights. radioman I don't think they are all THAT bad. Last fall I went to a local "turkey shoot" with my totally stock pinned-barrel SKS and won a frozen turkey shooting offhand at oil bottles at 50 yards and milk jugs at 100 yards. It was 5 shots with no misses allowed, and I saw plenty of guys with fancy scoped rigs who couldn't do it. In fact, I think only 3 others were successful, out of a whole day's shooting. We don't need no stinking scopes! |
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Posted: 6/21/2001 6:05:38 PM EDT
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I had a short scope on my sks and flying shells broke the front lens
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Posted: 6/21/2001 6:12:50 PM EDT
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[/quote] I don't think they are all THAT bad. Last fall I went to a local "turkey shoot" with my totally stock pinned-barrel SKS and won a frozen turkey shooting offhand at oil bottles at 50 yards and milk jugs at 100 yards. It was 5 shots with no misses allowed, and I saw plenty of guys with fancy scoped rigs who couldn't do it. In fact, I think only 3 others were successful, out of a whole day's shooting. We don't need no stinking scopes![/quote] If they couldn't hit a milk jug at 100 yards with a scoped rifle they don't need a rifle, they need a seeing eye dog! |
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Posted: 6/21/2001 6:33:04 PM EDT
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Quoted: LT, how's the MN collection? Big 5 has one on sale. The one on Colorado had one that was pretty beat up. Hadn't bought another one since the one I refurbished. Looking to buy some more though they are fun shooters. Unfortunately we don't have Big5 here in TX, but fortunately it is easy to get a C&R FFL here. Which is probably the route I will go. |
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Posted: 6/21/2001 7:51:14 PM EDT
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Quoted: If they couldn't hit a milk jug at 100 yards with a scoped rifle they don't need a rifle, they need a seeing eye dog! Well, it was from the standing position. With a crowd of people looking over your shoulder. On a windy day. I thought it was pretty tough to do myself. And the difficulty did not lie in seeing the target or aligning the sights (where a scope would make much difference), but in holding the gun steady and squeezing the trigger properly. It's my experience that very few people, percentage-wise, can do this. |
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Posted: 6/21/2001 8:15:01 PM EDT
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Most scopes sold with SKS receiver mounts will still allow normal function & the use of stripper clips. But, receiver mounts on an SKS are a tradeoff. They'll either fit loosely and make you less competitive in high power matches [;)] or clamp on and require tools to fieldstrip & clean your gun. For my money I'd much rather have the wiggly sight base than the cleaning impediment, but I'd have to have a pretty good reason to put a scope on an SKS in the first place. I briefly tried a red dot on an SKS & yanked it after about a month in favor of the stock sights.
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