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Posted: 8/27/2009 7:11:46 PM EDT
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OK, I am at my wits end on this one and need some good advice, went and shot the yugo this last weekend and it hit consisently to the right quite a bit about 3 or 4 inches @ 25 yds. So I order a sight adjustment tool (both the tapco metal one and the B-square tool ) neither will move the windage drum and have already soaked the front sight in oil. The windage adjustment is already sticking out some on the right side of the front post but I will need to move it more to the right...
I am afraid that IF I can get it to move it will affect the sight picture being over to the right soo far, as of now I can't tell because I can't move it. Is it normal for the windage (drum?) to stick out one side to zero the rifle ???? I thought about the tech-sight for the AK whick has windage adjustment and just leave the front sight alone but haven't heard any feedback on them. MY front post looks straight so I can't understand why the sights are so far off...any ideas????? Could a gunsmith fix this without messing up the barrel or finish of the gun ?? I'm just learning AK's so sorry for all the questions, I really like this gun but if I can't get this fixed it's gone... 
What would u guys do ??? I'm kinda leaning towards the tech sight since permanent alteration is not needed just don't know if they hold zero or not >>> TIA |
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It's not terribly unusual for the sight on some AK's to need to be off to one side or the other a good bit. Sometimes, they can be a real bitch to get moving when you're first trying to adjust them. Use the b-square one and really crank down on it hard (I've had to use vice grips to crank one before). It'll come lose and move. - Before you do that though, make sure to look at the sight pin and make sure it's not already all the way over to one side or the other! If the pin is already against the side, it's obviously not gonna go any further.
AK's were never intended to be pieces of art. They were mostly produced in commie countries where the only thing that mattered was that it functioned. That being said, if you push the sight all the way to the side and it still won't zero, then either the front sight base is canted or the rear sight isn't straight. If you are the original owner, you should return the rifle to the people who assembled it and make it their problem. On the other hand, if you want to put a windage adjustable rear sight on there, that is a possibility. If you're gonna do that, I'd stick with using one that will utilize the original rear sight base. I've looked at the tech-sight stuff, and the bottom line is that like so many other "great ideas" that don't pan out, that one looks like you'll have to remove the sight each and every time you clean the rifle (to access the gas tube). That's not conducive to keeping your zero set. - I realize that their literature says it'll hold zero, but I'll believe it when I see several reviews from respected people on various forums who have no financial interest in the thing say "it works". From the drawings and the installation instructions I've seen though... I don't see how it could really work properly. Looks like a gimmick to me. - On a mostly unrelated note though, their 10/22 sights are good (even though they're plastic). Look around online. I've seen more than one place selling windage adjustable rear AK sights that use the original sight base. That should work just fine. Before you do that though, go ahead and try to adjust the front sight. It's most likely just stuck. If it's like a couple of the ones I've had, it will make a nice loud "POP" when you finally get it to break loose, but after that it'll move normally. - Hell, I have a Yugo AK that's got a rear sight that's bent out of whack (over to the right). I couldn't easily correct it, so I just adjusted the front sight way over to the right as well, and it turns out to be the most accurate 7.62x39 AK I've ever owned, by far. It does 2" groups at 100 yards, where most will only do 4 to 6 inch ones at that distance. Go figgur. Function before form. That's the AK way. |
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Here's what you need: http://northridgeint.grfxs.com/store/index.cfm/c136/i684.
If your yugo is a fixed stock one, and you want to spend the money, there's the really nice Krebs rail system, which includes a windage adjustable rear sight (scroll down at the link): http://www.krebscustom.com/PartsPages/KalashnikovParts.shtml Otherwise, there are also the ones sold by http://www.mojosights.com/, which look like they should work okay. |
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Don't know if it makes a difference on the rear sight or not but mine is a M70 underfolder..should have been more specific ,sorry guys.
I was looking at the rear sight last night and it appears to be held in place w/ just the steel spring underneath, I guess like most ak's...thanks |
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Northridge loves to advertise things they don't have. Maybe they have the sights, but I doubt it. A co-worker tried to order a RPK adjustable rear sight from them a month ago and they didn't have them. They simply canceled his order. The Krebs rail won't work on fixed stock M70B1s, they lack the rear tang necessary for the rear mount of the rail. AA-OK has RPK windage adjustable rear sights: 800 meter 1000 meter |
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Don't know if it makes a difference on the rear sight or not but mine is a M70 underfolder..should have been more specific ,sorry guys. I was looking at the rear sight last night and it appears to be held in place w/ just the steel spring underneath, I guess like most ak's...thanks The standard AK sights are the same. Just like you describe. The only time you have to start worrying about different stuff is when you get into custom stuff like the krebs thing, which obviously wouldn't work on _any_ underfolder, since it attaches to the standard type fixed stock tang... and if what nictra said above is correct about the yugo version of the fixed stock, it still wouldn't work without some sort of modification. But you should be able to use any of the ones that are designed to just attach to the standard AK or RPK rear sight base (The elevation adjustments on the RPK ones are calibrated for a longer barrel though). |
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Here are a couple more options:
Tech Sights Champion Gun Sights |
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I put a Mojo peep site on my M70B2 and I love it. Has windage adjustment so I was able to leave my front sight centered. Just snap the old sight out and pop the new one in took 10 mins to install and 5 shots to sight in. Cant go wrong with the Mojo.
http://www.mojosights.com/ |
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I don't know about the rest of you guys, or any other purchasers of the YUGO SKS's (I have 5 rifles), but it seems the rear sight on all of them tilt off-center and cant a bit to the right. I'm going to get a TECH sight set up and remove as much of the older "rear" sight as I can and see how well that helps my groupings. I just can't understand why almost all the YUGO sights are off center to begin with. Oh well...we all need to adjust our rifles to suit ourselves and whatever works best each of us.
Kevin58 / Mk3StenMan 
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I don't know about the rest of you guys, or any other purchasers of the YUGO SKS's (I have 5 rifles), but it seems the rear sight on all of them tilt off-center and cant a bit to the right. I'm going to get a TECH sight set up and remove as much of the older "rear" sight as I can and see how well that helps my groupings. I just can't understand why almost all the YUGO sights are off center to begin with. Oh well...we all need to adjust our rifles to suit ourselves and whatever works best each of us. Kevin58 / Mk3StenMan I shot my Yugo for the firs time this weekend and a similar experience as the OP. I noticed my front sigt post was loose and off center, so I re-aligned it by driving out the old pins, centering it up and redrilling the holes. I then replaced the old pins with larger roll pins. I also noted that the rear site is off center so I just ordered one of these 1000 Meter. Once that arrives, I should be good to go. |
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