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Posted: 12/18/2006 7:27:27 PM EDT
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Forgive me if this is ridiculous. Is it possible to use a helmut mounted left eye monocular in conjunction with a rifle mounted 1 power (both eyes open) red dot type scope and shoot accuratly? It seems so simple, but it makes sme think your eyes would wander and the red dot image would not correctly super-impose over the target. Thanks, Cole |
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I did it with with a PVS 7 goggle and a monocular. I used the monocular,not my unaded eye. to look down the the sight though. I think it matters more what type of gun your EO tec is mounted on. With some guns you get a good cheekweld with no effort and don't need a direct mount. With others it's do-able but it's better if you mount the monocular. One more thing, make sure your red dot has a NOD setting. If not, you'll get a halo when looking into the recticle. Also, prolonged use will cause a history effect and can even burn an impression in the tube. Please don't take this wrong, i'm not being a smart ass. Helmet is spelled witn an e not a u. I normally don't correct peoples spelling because i'm not the best speller myself. However, the last guy that spelled helmet(in this forum) the way you did, was made fun of to no end. |
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Thank you for ALL of your advice. (I'm laughing away about the helmut/helmet spelling. That's funny. I suppose it might be related to spelling it the way we southerner hicks say it. But your advice about it and the wrath that I might receive strikes me as very funny) I am considering the helmet mounted monocular on my left eye and the rifle sight would be a Russian style PK-AS (1 power, both eyes open) mounted on a Saiga AK-47. I can get it with a mount that puts the sight over the bore, but the preferred mount seems to be a left off-set, centered above the left side of the receiver. The left off-set mount allows both eyes open firing without tilting your head to align your right eye with the bore centerline (virtually no cheek-weld). Any further advice? Thank you all very much for your comments. Cole |
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With an AK, you are going to get TOO much flash. You're going to end up wrecking your tube. I don't think there is a Vortex type Flash Hider for an AK. I have an A1 Birdcage Flash hider on my SAR 1 but that only helps keep flash down with the eye. I also had to thread the barrel for a 14x1 Left handed thread. Not a hard thing to do but without some sort of hider, you will wreck your NOD Fast! |
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Thank you for bringing up a very valid consideration. I turned the barrel end down to .5" and threaded it 1/2 28 so that I could install a Phantom flash hider. It is arguably the best available. The only one that seems to be in the same league is the Vortex. But my judgement of the pictures of different flash hiders in use, shown on www.silencertests.com, is that the Phantom is .01% better than the Vortex. Anyway, the muzzle flash should not be a problem. Might be, but aint supposed to be when you are using one of the 2 best flash hiders made. Cole |
According to Victor, Vortex and Phantom are the two best.
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