Type 81 Owners Corner !

Claven2 said:
I was debating machining something to fit a standard AK rail, but everything is speculative until I have a rifle in hand to examine and measure.

If I attach a rail, I would prefer to rivet it on, but will need to see if there is space to properly rivet one on.
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Riveting is doable, but the siderail I have gets very close to existing rivets.

The T81 safety is easily removable--I'd be tempted to grind off the existing lever and weld one onto the opposite side--resulting in a CSA type safety on the right side. This is just to avoid conflict with mounting the rail and safety.
One of my rails can mount without conflict with the safety, but disengagement is hard to do as the safety lever runs paralell to the siderail :(
 
Was only at 25 yards anything further was closed due to trap shooting. I'll be able to use the 100 yard next time I go. I'm confident if the poi is off it will be due to me and not the rifle.
 
NeonGreen said:
bent or unbent rifle?
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Having a bent stock or a slightly out of alignment trunion will not affect accuracy. The sights are on the barrel so as long as you can get the sights lined up and the barrel isn't bent it should shoot fine. People are being way too picky about these rifles, if it cycles fine and the parts don't look like someone finished them by rubbing them on a rock they're good. I've only seen pics one rifle with a bolt I would have sent back and one that was twisted enough I wouldn't have accepted it. The rest may not be perfectly straight but you really need to try to find something wrong to see it and it should function perfectly for thousands of rounds.


I think my next Bubba is going to be to thin down the front sight post a little.
I almost bought a tritium front sight post for it but didn't want to spend $100+ for this rifle. It's my bush beater not a precision rifle so all my mods and fixes will be cheap or Bubba jobs.
 
cr5 said:
Having a bent stock or a slightly out of alignment trunion will not affect accuracy. The sights are on the barrel so as long as you can get the sights lined up and the barrel isn't bent it should shoot fine. People are being way too picky about these rifles, if it cycles fine and the parts don't look like someone finished them by rubbing them on a rock they're good. I've only seen pics one rifle with a bolt I would have sent back and one that was twisted enough I wouldn't have accepted it. The rest may not be perfectly straight but you really need to try to find something wrong to see it and it should function perfectly for thousands of rounds.


I think my next Bubba is going to be to thin down the front sight post a little.
I almost bought a tritium front sight post for it but didn't want to spend $100+ for this rifle. It's my bush beater not a precision rifle so all my mods and fixes will be cheap or Bubba jobs.
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Way too picky about a misaligned barrel and receiver?

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Maybe this guy can line the sights up fine though.
 
cr5 said:
Having a bent stock or a slightly out of alignment trunion will not affect accuracy. The sights are on the barrel so as long as you can get the sights lined up and the barrel isn't bent it should shoot fine. People are being way too picky about these rifles, if it cycles fine and the parts don't look like someone finished them by rubbing them on a rock they're good. I've only seen pics one rifle with a bolt I would have sent back and one that was twisted enough I wouldn't have accepted it. The rest may not be perfectly straight but you really need to try to find something wrong to see it and it should function perfectly for thousands of rounds.


I think my next Bubba is going to be to thin down the front sight post a little.
I almost bought a tritium front sight post for it but didn't want to spend $100+ for this rifle. It's my bush beater not a precision rifle so all my mods and fixes will be cheap or Bubba jobs.
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Have fun mounting an optic to the receiver when the barrel is out of alignment by 3+degrees.....
 
cr5 said:
Having a bent stock or a slightly out of alignment trunion will not affect accuracy. The sights are on the barrel so as long as you can get the sights lined up and the barrel isn't bent it should shoot fine. People are being way too picky about these rifles, if it cycles fine and the parts don't look like someone finished them by rubbing them on a rock they're good. I've only seen pics one rifle with a bolt I would have sent back and one that was twisted enough I wouldn't have accepted it. The rest may not be perfectly straight but you really need to try to find something wrong to see it and it should function perfectly for thousands of rounds.


I think my next Bubba is going to be to thin down the front sight post a little.
I almost bought a tritium front sight post for it but didn't want to spend $100+ for this rifle. It's my bush beater not a precision rifle so all my mods and fixes will be cheap or Bubba jobs.
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If you thin down the front sight but want to preserve adjustment, the best way would be to reduce it radially in a lathe and reblue it.
 
ComradeVlad said:
Have fun mounting an optic to the receiver when the barrel is out of alignment by 3+degrees.....
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That would be my concern issue. It could be the Chinese went with a rail system instead of a receiver mount for the same reason.

I would be interested for a new owner to post detailed photos of how the issue rail attaches and it's bearing points once ppl get them.
 
Natureboy said:
The only appeal this gun has is to look like an older red rifle, red dot just ruins it in my opinion.
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Yeah, but not everyone has the eyesight to use irons well. I can see ppl wanting a red dot, and that's ok in my view. If it's on a side rail, it can be easily removed.
 
WOW! You sound like you have more experience with the year81 rifle than Bumse Xiow does! Awesome dude. In the meantime when I get my T81 and quadrail I'll mount a optic see how it actually works and get back to you.
 
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