my poor scope getting dinged

Curtton

Curtton

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my poor scope got a few dings from the ejecting casings.

this part im not sure if i heard correctly that i could get a smith to file the ejector at a certain angle to make the casing spit sideways , is this possible ?

if not then i will try another route to save my scope .

i havent seen any deflector made for VZ/CZ858 so im wondering if i could sub a SKS shell deflector from marstar , trade-ex and fabsports. will it fit ?
 
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i tried making it out of aluminum sheet , it looked like sh*t so i thought its better to spend $6 and get it from marstar .

any suggestion as to where to attach a home made deflector?
 
John Marshal and I have one in development right now that has the added benefit of mounting a scope. Prototypes should be done very very soon, not like Deckard's stock soon but in a week.

But if you aren't patient you could drill and tap the meaty part of the reciever right below the bolt carrier and mount a deflector there. I think that is what you see in the FAB accessories video.
 
Aluminum is absolutely the worst possible material for a shell deflector , it is way too soft and the ejected shells will easily dent it , get caught on it and will go back down into the receiver jamming the bolt carrier before it closes.
The best material is flexible polished steel angled 45 degrees or more above the ejection path. Anything below 45 degrees will tend to deflect at least some of the shells back into the receiver.
 
suprathepeg said:
John Marshal and I have one in development right now that has the added benefit of mounting a scope. Prototypes should be done very very soon, not like Deckard's stock soon but in a week.

But if you aren't patient you could drill and tap the meaty part of the reciever right below the bolt carrier and mount a deflector there. I think that is what you see in the FAB accessories video.
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wadda ya trying to say ? deckard sloooow with his projects ?:D
your new scope/defector mount sounds interesting , i guess i can wait a week to see what you developed .

i prefer not to drill the side of my receiver just for the deflector , thats why i thought the SKS defector might just work , it hooks on to the leaf of the rear sight but i dont know if it will fit, it looks like it should.
 
Kasat said:
Aluminum is absolutely the worst possible material for a shell deflector , it is way too soft and the ejected shells will easily dent it , get caught on it and will go back down into the receiver jamming the bolt carrier before it closes.
The best material is flexible polished steel angled 45 degrees or more above the ejection path. Anything below 45 degrees will tend to deflect at least some of the shells back into the receiver.
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that was the whole reason why i choice aluminum cos its is soft and the dents will absorb some of the energy but you are right that it was too soft bcos it wouldnt stay on the rear sight leaf .
 
It doesn't look too good but it WORKS !!
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well, i finally bot the cheap SKS deflectors from http://www.fabsports.ca/ . two for $15 shipped .

i preferred this set up bcos it attaches to the rear sight leaf, the leaf is spring loaded so it absorb the vibration from striking shell casing .

very easy to install, slide the elevation piece forward , hook the deflector then slide the elevation piece back , make sure its lock in , it took only 5 seconds to install .

top is the original SKS deflector, the bottom was mod to fit CZ858 , took a few min to mod.
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the back tabs needed filing and bending inwards abit due to the rear sight of the CZ858 is narrower than the rear sight of the SKS.
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i havent tried it on the range yet but it looks good .
 
Hey Curtton,

Way to go on sharing your projects with the rest of us. It looks good. Remember to fill us in on how your little bad boy works.
 
i finally tried the SKS deflector on my CZ858 , it worked rather well .

out of 60 shots only one casing bounce back into the action .

one minor adjustment needed to be done bcos every 5-10 rds the deflector became loose and the rare sight had to moved back . took a good look at it when i got home and noticed that the rare sight wasnt fully locked at 600M so i had to do some filing of the deflector .
 
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