Are any of those replacement dust cover mounts worth a crap?
Don't anyone get their knickers in a knot, I'm just asking.
For now...
Are any of those replacement dust cover mounts worth a crap?
Don't anyone get their knickers in a knot, I'm just asking.
For now...
I aim to misbehave...
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. - Mark Twain
I NEED A YUGO GAS TUBE AND LOWER HG FERRULE PLEASE!
"Fair" is a place they give ribbons to pigs
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. - Napoleon Bonaparte
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My experience has been that they are junk... May have been the cheap Chinese optics though.
my ChiCom had one on it when i bought it for about 2 seconds. never gave it a chance to be good or not. it got chucked in the box of doom.
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Junk!!!!!!
ive used them and they suck!!!!
Don't go there....or Ivan will get you!!!
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Junk.
If you're handy, make your own.
I did for my AK, stabilized the top cover and it never wiggles, rattles, and best of all, it holds zero.
6" steel Picatinny rail riveted to a Chinese smooth top cover.
There's no problem an AK can't solve...........
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Hmmm, I don't see why that couldn't be done with a spare SKS dustcover...
I'm pondering ideas to consolidate a couple of projects, one of which is a 7.62x39 hog popper/deer rifle and scoping my Yugo SKS came to mind BUT the mod has to be totally reversable which a replacement dust cover would be.
Thanks!
I aim to misbehave...
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. - Mark Twain
I NEED A YUGO GAS TUBE AND LOWER HG FERRULE PLEASE!
"Fair" is a place they give ribbons to pigs
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. - Napoleon Bonaparte
C'thulhu '12! Why settle for the lesser evil?
Back in the day, I had a chicom SKS that I wanted to... improve. So I tried all kinds of mounts - they were all crap. Crap.
Then, I hit on the idea of using a piece of angle steel to make one that would screw onto the side of the receiver. I drilled holes in it to lighten it up and installed a weaver rail on it. It worked quite well. I sold that abomination and some redneck in Bastrop bought it (or should I say "fellow red neck..."?)
Seriously, the only mod to the SKS that I would consider is one of these:
http://www.tech-sights.com/
~Nemo me impune lacessit~
Someone at the range a couple of weekends ago mentioned having those Tech Sights on his ChiCom and he really liked them.
That's still a possibility but I'd sure like to run a red-dot or 1-4x glass...
Then again, people in Hell sure would like some ice water....
I aim to misbehave...
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. - Mark Twain
I NEED A YUGO GAS TUBE AND LOWER HG FERRULE PLEASE!
"Fair" is a place they give ribbons to pigs
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. - Napoleon Bonaparte
C'thulhu '12! Why settle for the lesser evil?
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Then, I hit on the idea of using a piece of angle steel to make one that would screw onto the side of the receiver. I drilled holes in it to lighten it up and installed a weaver rail on it. It worked quite well.
Seriously, the only mod to the SKS that I would consider is one of these:
I'm not the red neck you sold it to, By your description, I made one identical to it.
I mounted it on a 59/66. I still have it. I'll find it and post a pic.
There's no problem an AK can't solve...........
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What if you figured out a way to adapt one of those AK side rail mounts.
I think you might have a more stable platform just doing that instead of messing with the dust cover.
Would probably be pretty easy to install as well.
Found it!! Scroll about half way down the page. $24.99.
http://www.tickbitesupply.com/sks.html
There's no problem an AK can't solve...........
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Well, since you are interested.....
It's part of a AR A2 detachable rear sight. I cut the shaft off that raises the sight up and down. I then cut a 1/8"x1/2"x6" piece of steel stock and pop riveted the rear sight to it. Then I riveted the steel stock/sight to a smooth Chinese top cover.
I had a guy over at CalGuns forum machine the Picatinny rail to the specs I needed. Finally, the Picatinny rail was riveted to the steel stock.
ETA: Rear sight is windage adjustable. Front sight elevation adjustable.
Last edited by slamfire51; 08-11-2010 at 08:04 PM.
There's no problem an AK can't solve...........
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The important part is stabilizing the top cover.
Since this AK is my knock around rifle, the rear trunnion is threaded w/screws.
The reason I built it that way was to be able to stabilize the cover.
At the rear of the cover, I silver soldered 2 legs on each side extending down to the top rear trunnion holes.
Inserted the screws and tightened. WaLa...an aboslutely stable top cover.
There's no problem an AK can't solve...........
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