The T97 Thread!
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Can you cut up a pop can or two to make your own heat shield?
Sounds ghetto, and I doubt it'd work great. I have a metal clip on sling but it doesn't fit the holes for the sling well.
Where can I get one?
You talkin about the Underbarrel grenade launchers or the LMG with the bipod?
Upgrade and use soup can then, it's a T97. Joking asides, I have heard homemade ones work good for folks.
Observations on the carry handle sights:
I had suspicions on what the "rear post" sight was for, and I think this confirms it:
On the Military models, the front sight hood has a pair of phosphorescent dots. The rear post then also has a dot, and you line them up like a reverse pistol sight for night shooting. Because the entire front sight hood is shifted left and right on the originals, you retain your zero.
Another point of interest is that rather than having its own setting, the night sight is on the 300m setting. A lot of Canadian shooters have noted that our 100m aperture is ridiculously small, and instead use the more comfortably-sized 300m aperture.
What if this is intentional?
The USMC zero their rifles for 300yd to minimize or eliminate the need to adjust your sights or use holdovers over varying distances, as described here:
The Russians use a very similar 300 and 400m zero for their 5.45 AK74s and RPK74s respectively.
Chinese 5.8mm ballistics being similar, I'm wondering if the intent is to zero with the very precise 100m aperture, and then use the 300m aperture as a battle sight from 0 out to 400m. Further than that you flip up the 500m sight.
Its super hard to find confirmation of this, as friends with relatives in the PLA "Don't remember" anything about their service weapons, either intentionally, or from disinterest, or perhaps they were not even given that level of instruction.
I had suspicions on what the "rear post" sight was for, and I think this confirms it:
On the Military models, the front sight hood has a pair of phosphorescent dots. The rear post then also has a dot, and you line them up like a reverse pistol sight for night shooting. Because the entire front sight hood is shifted left and right on the originals, you retain your zero.
Another point of interest is that rather than having its own setting, the night sight is on the 300m setting. A lot of Canadian shooters have noted that our 100m aperture is ridiculously small, and instead use the more comfortably-sized 300m aperture.
What if this is intentional?
The USMC zero their rifles for 300yd to minimize or eliminate the need to adjust your sights or use holdovers over varying distances, as described here:
The Russians use a very similar 300 and 400m zero for their 5.45 AK74s and RPK74s respectively.
Chinese 5.8mm ballistics being similar, I'm wondering if the intent is to zero with the very precise 100m aperture, and then use the 300m aperture as a battle sight from 0 out to 400m. Further than that you flip up the 500m sight.
Its super hard to find confirmation of this, as friends with relatives in the PLA "Don't remember" anything about their service weapons, either intentionally, or from disinterest, or perhaps they were not even given that level of instruction.
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Observations on the carry handle sights:
I had suspicions on what the "rear post" sight was for, and I think this confirms it:
On the Military models, the front sight hood has a pair of phosphorescent dots. The rear post then also has a dot, and you line them up like a reverse pistol sight for night shooting. Because the entire front sight hood is shifted left and right on the originals, you retain your zero.
Another point of interest is that rather than having its own setting, the night sight is on the 300m setting. A lot of Canadian shooters have noted that our 100m aperture is ridiculously small, and instead use the more comfortably-sized 300m aperture.
What if this is intentional?
The USMC zero their rifles for 300yd to minimize or eliminate the need to adjust your sights or use holdovers over varying distances, as described here:
The Russians use a very similar 300 and 400m zero for their 5.45 AK74s and RPK74s respectively.
Chinese 5.8mm ballistics being similar, I'm wondering if the intent is to zero with the very precise 100m aperture, and then use the 300m aperture as a battle sight from 0 out to 400m. Further than that you flip up the 500m sight.
Its super hard to find confirmation of this, as friends with relatives in the PLA "Don't remember" anything about their service weapons, either intentionally, or from disinterest, or perhaps they were not even given that level of instruction.
Because (no joke) all conscripts get 5 live rounds at one time during rifle training, in their entire service. It's hard to get intimate knowledge of your weapon with that kind of training.
Hmmm might be an idea. Would keep the barrel hotter but not like I'd be able to do damage with 5-10 round mags and semi auto.
You bet, another option would be a wrecker, look around in engine compartments for some heat sheild that will fit the profile of the lower. Be more likely to find in a turbo charged engine, see stuff like that around egr coolers and whatnot. Man all this talk about t97's makes me want to build another one.
Very nice. Good luck!
Outcast
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So the tinkering begins...tried to install the SRC left side charging handle and even though it's supposed to be a simple slip on install of course the stock charging handle is too big so the SRC charging handle will not fit over top. Looks like I'll be filing down the stock charging handle to make it work. Has anyone has a similar issue with the part. I can only get the SRC handle on half way and it looks as though it's supposed to go all The way to the bottom of the stock charging handle.
