Range Report with Several AK System Guns - Page 2

techres · 06-23-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calvin

-I plan to get rear peep sights and thinner front sight posts for all of these. Back in my youth when I shot constantly, I used iron sights exclusively. I want to refine these a bit.

-Calvin

You know that techsights now makes an AK peep sight?

2ADMNLOVER · 06-23-2009

Does anyone have experience with these sights ? Are they any good ?

Calvin · 06-23-2009

I have been watching those sights for some time and checked last night to see that they were finally available. I will be trying them for sure. They are a bit pricey at 125.00, but they are not much more then peep sights from Krebs (65.00). If anyone has any recommendations on the cheapest AK rear peep sight available, please feel free to share it!

Here are photos of my stuff:

Travel Case

Bolters, SKS, and Yugo AK

RPK and PSL

AK-74s

JosephR · 06-23-2009

You should make sure you are getting windex with AMMONIA.

Ammonia mixes with the salts formed during the burning of the powders and neutralizes them (prevents them from becoming an acid when mixed with water). When these light acids form, they electrolyze and start the rusting process.

It is NOT necessary to windex right after you shoot. Remember, Windex is 98% water so that's why you are getting orange rust- it's most likely rusting of compounds in the powder residue.

Here's a tip- don't spray them down with windex. Buy a can of ballistol- it neutralizes the salts just as well and it's an oil and cleaner. It smells kind of neat too.

If you have to use windex, rinse the rifles in extremely hot water (so it evaporates) and completely spray with WD40.

Really acrid smelling ammo? Like ammonia? That's why some AR15 ammo smells so nasty- the amount of ammonia-like chemicals in it to neutralize the salts.

Is your ammo in a greenish casing with a little bit of lacquer and red sealant around bullet and primer?

If it's gray with barely any lacquer then it's non-corrosive.

Calvin · 06-23-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by JosephR

Here's a tip- don't spray them down with windex. Buy a can of ballistol- it neutralizes the salts just as well and it's an oil and cleaner. It smells kind of neat too.

Awesome tip! I'll pick some up.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JosephR

Is your ammo in a greenish casing with a little bit of lacquer and red sealant around bullet and primer?

That's the stuff I was shooting. I have several cases of it, some of which I think are of different origin.
As the other cases are still sealed, I can't say what those are. I'll assume it's all corrosive and act accordingly.

jblomenberg16 · 06-23-2009

I have the Tech Sights TS200 on my Yugo SKS. Very good sight picture IMHO. I would equate it to an M1 Garand or M1 Carbine, or even an AR for that mater.

I would say that while the elevation adjustable TS200 is nice, it has the smaller apperature. I think I would go with the larer apperature for most day to day plinking, and even close range self defense work if I would buy another.

I like it on the SKS, so have every reason to believe it would be equally as good on the AK platform. Once I got used to shooting with a peep on my AR, it was hard to use a more traditional rear leaf sight.

2ADMNLOVER · 06-23-2009

Thanks for the reply , I've been hoping somebody had some experience with these before I drop the money .

jblomenberg16 · 06-24-2009

Let me know if you wanna see a few pics of the TS200 on the SKS.

2ADMNLOVER · 12-02-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by techres

You know that techsights now makes an AK peep sight?

After seeing this post I decided that my Norinco Hunter could use a rear sight upgrade and ordered a set a few days ago , I got it today and am fairly happy with it so far .

The sight is fairly straight forward and easy to put on since the "T post" fits nice and tight in my rifle , with no wobble and I didn't have to file anything . After a quick change of the recoil spring it slid right in place .

It feels pretty solidly built and has more weight to it than I expected , though I'm sure it weighs less than a pound .

I'm going to use a laser bore sighter for now to be able to hit paper and do the fine tunning in about a week or two when I go to Don's .

I KNOW , but it's the closest rifle range to me .

BUCK HINKLE · 12-03-2009

good report thank you for the info

06-23-2009	#16 (permalink)
jblomenberg16 Master Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Seymour Posts: 2,631	I have the Tech Sights TS200 on my Yugo SKS. Very good sight picture IMHO. I would equate it to an M1 Garand or M1 Carbine, or even an AR for that mater. I would say that while the elevation adjustable TS200 is nice, it has the smaller apperature. I think I would go with the larer apperature for most day to day plinking, and even close range self defense work if I would buy another. I like it on the SKS, so have every reason to believe it would be equally as good on the AK platform. Once I got used to shooting with a peep on my AR, it was hard to use a more traditional rear leaf sight. __________________ Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD. Psalm 33:12

06-24-2009	#18 (permalink)
jblomenberg16 Master Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Seymour Posts: 2,631	Let me know if you wanna see a few pics of the TS200 on the SKS. __________________ Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD. Psalm 33:12

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06-23-2009	#12 (permalink)
2ADMNLOVER Expert Join Date: May 2009 Location: West side Indy Posts: 1,831	Does anyone have experience with these sights ? Are they any good ?

06-23-2009	#13 (permalink)
Calvin Plinker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bloomington, IN Posts: 141	I have been watching those sights for some time and checked last night to see that they were finally available. I will be trying them for sure. They are a bit pricey at 125.00, but they are not much more then peep sights from Krebs (65.00). If anyone has any recommendations on the cheapest AK rear peep sight available, please feel free to share it! Here are photos of my stuff: Travel Case Bolters, SKS, and Yugo AK RPK and PSL AK-74s

06-23-2009	#14 (permalink)
JosephR Shooter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NW IN Posts: 1,476	You should make sure you are getting windex with AMMONIA. Ammonia mixes with the salts formed during the burning of the powders and neutralizes them (prevents them from becoming an acid when mixed with water). When these light acids form, they electrolyze and start the rusting process. It is NOT necessary to windex right after you shoot. Remember, Windex is 98% water so that's why you are getting orange rust- it's most likely rusting of compounds in the powder residue. Here's a tip- don't spray them down with windex. Buy a can of ballistol- it neutralizes the salts just as well and it's an oil and cleaner. It smells kind of neat too. If you have to use windex, rinse the rifles in extremely hot water (so it evaporates) and completely spray with WD40. Really acrid smelling ammo? Like ammonia? That's why some AR15 ammo smells so nasty- the amount of ammonia-like chemicals in it to neutralize the salts. Is your ammo in a greenish casing with a little bit of lacquer and red sealant around bullet and primer? If it's gray with barely any lacquer then it's non-corrosive.

06-23-2009	#17 (permalink)
2ADMNLOVER Expert Join Date: May 2009 Location: West side Indy Posts: 1,831	Thanks for the reply , I've been hoping somebody had some experience with these before I drop the money .

12-03-2009	#20 (permalink)
BUCK HINKLE Plinker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: greenfield Posts: 172	good report thank you for the info