Ak47 Canted Fsb.

[GNRAK]

Have given up on getting the FSB straight, a gun show coming this weekend, who can advise me on 2 ?'s. 1ST, Looking for a rear sight[ADJUSTABLE] to fix the sighting problem without messing with the front sight. What price range should I be looking at? And "make" if anyone has that much info. 2ND, scope, and scope rail. Looking for fairly decent, but cant break the bank. I have seen some total around $60.00, but I can go higher, again, anyone have a certain type that has impressed them? I want to keep under two hundred$$$. Gun is a Romanian AK-47.
P.S. Stock gets loose after firing, screws tight as can get, but to no suprise, still gets loose. New stock? Threadtite that will actually hold? Thanks in advance. I have asked many a question on this forum, with nothing but GREAT replies. I just cant get it sighted. Pin moved all the way over. Thanks for all replys.

[SierraAV8R]

1. Global trades offers a rear sight (made in bulgaria at an RPK factory) that is calibrated for Ak's, that is windage adjustable. K-Var has some too, but they are for RPK's and the range calibration is a bit off. Not enough to notice, I'll wager.
Removing the old rear sight is a bit tricky. You'll have to stabilize the rifle on a padded bench and press the end of the leaf spring down with a screw driver. The old sight will then slip out of it's track. I use these sights on all my AK's and enjoy centered front sight posts.

2. I suspect the tang of the stock is a bit under-sized. This is common in the Romanian AK's for some reason. A easy and permanant fix is to wrap a bit of paper tape around the tang (or tenon, if you will) of the shoulder stock until you have a good tight friction fit in the rifles receiver. Replace the screws and you will then be fine. I've done this modification to at least four Ak's with fine results. It's important to find paper mailing-type tape. Plastic types bleed adhesive in the heat and don't have as much friction as the more wood-like paper.

And there ya' go.

[Prairie Fire]

Send the damned rifle back to whoever made it! Various makers send them out the door with canted front sight bases and hope that you will live with their poor quality control. You should not be their final quality control inspector. They DO know how to put on the FSB correctly, make them do it, and on their dollar. They should send you a UPS pickup tag when you call. Demand that they do, that way they'll pay shipping both ways for their mistake.

Various RPK-type windage adjustable rear sight assemblies are around for $35 or so, but they are bulky and are a fix for wind problems on an area-fire weapon, not what you want on your basic point-fire weapon. Sure it will work. But going to that expense should not be the fix you want.

Don't live with a front sight that is not centered in its protective wings. Any lesser fix than getting the FSB true to the bore will waste time in getting your sight picture. As you are trying to get sight picture and alignment, your brain is going to be wondering why coarse vertical structures ( the protective wings and the post in between) don't line up. Our brain seeks concentricity. When it's not there (like when your front sight post is close to a protective wing), delay happens.

Make the seller fix it, don't settle for less.

As to the rattly buttstock, it is probably undersized as the previous poster has said. Acraglas bedding is a good and more permanent fix to this problem. You need acraglas and a dremel tool for most of life's problems.

For the buttstock, rout out the insert area of the buttstock in the places that you think it's not making good contact inside the trunnion. Then follow the directions in the acraglas kit ($15 or so), it will give you a good tight fit. And there will be enough acraglas left to fix about twenty other similar problems as you come across them. Don't kid yourself, the more you use acraglass, the more that Life's problems look like two little plastic tubs that you know how to portion out and mix together. With the inclusion of release agent to make them come apart easily.