looks excellent! when you look through directly your optic (as if you were aiming) how much of the front and rear sight do you see?
It looks hella wonky to me.I just installed mine. Took awhile because I was being Dumb. Once I stopped being dumb it was pretty easy. With the vortex I have on I end up with a kind of lower jaw rest. The right side safety is very stiff like others have mentioned. I would not want to have to actuate it quickly and or under stress. The mount feels solid enough and is only minorly wonky (the whole rifle is pretty wonky to begin with). I am happy with it, just need a nicer optic. Here are some pics.
Unfortunately, TI's rail DOES NOT have a central recess/channel to allow positive locking of many sidemounts, including the one you've shown. The rail could be modified, or you could remove the keyed-cylinder-thingy (the bit with a bend in the middle) on the locking mechanism itself to allow it to fit on the rail. I got an NPZ Universal AK mount and its got the exact same locking mechanism.Anyone know if side-mount Belomo red dot and POSP can be mounted on the side plate directly? (e.g. without picatinny rail), IMO it looks more authentic with direct mount Belomo red dot/POSP..
Logan370, what in the world is that leftward cant? Is that how they install on every receiver? That's ridiculous and I'd call that defective.
Logan370, what in the world is that leftward cant? Is that how they install on every receiver? That's ridiculous and I'd call that defective.
Logan370, what in the world is that leftward cant? Is that how they install on every receiver? That's ridiculous and I'd call that defective.
As mentioned in the description, downward cant is due to alignment of the rail with actual POI. During testing it was revealed that if the rail was perfectly level that some optics might not have enough elevation adjustment to meet POI
There is slight left offset to ensure rail is mounted as low as possible without hitting the dust cover or receiver. Left offsets are common among receiver sidemounts, some optics in the AK world are offset over 1.5" left.
There may be some appearance of left cant however the rail is level with the trunion. The top dust cover may not be level with trunion. If rail is not level with trunion, check to ensure adapter plate was properly tightened and re-check installation, being sure to follow all points including the removal of burrs. Please also check that the picatinny rail itself is tight, this can be adjusted via adjustment nut
Well, I've yet to see any picture taken from the back square on that show something the pic rail being level with the receiver (lateral axis). Some are worse than others, that for sure, and this IS a pretty easy thing to fix.That makes more sense, thank you for explaining that. My biggest concern was running out of space to adjust the zero on my optic due to the leftward-canting appearance, especially considering that another poster mentioned that they had to really adjust the windage to just get it on paper. If it's level with the trunnion then it shouldn't be a relevant issue, or at least I hope it won't be.
Well, I've yet to see any picture taken from the back square on that show something the pic rail being level with the receiver (lateral axis). Some are worse than others, that for sure, and this IS a pretty easy thing to fix.
Normally, pre-dropped rails have something like 0.3 degree in forward cant, and are really hard to spot, but this is looking like a whole degree, or more. Considering most people would reasonably shoot at or for less than 300 meters (only after which drop becomes a significant factor for 7.62x39), I think the forward cant is too much. Half a degree would effectively join POI and POA at 300 meters (125grain at 2350fps out the muzzle has a drop just short of 30 inches for example).
Oddballs aside, side rails on AKs usually line up perfectly with the bore, and mounts are squared.
In any case, I'll be waiting for more pictures. If anyone wants to put this to rest, a clear picture from the back (with the dust cover off) would be appreciated.
Well, I've yet to see any picture taken from the back square on that show something the pic rail being level with the receiver (lateral axis). Some are worse than others, that for sure, and this IS a pretty easy thing to fix.
Normally, pre-dropped rails have something like 0.3 degree in forward cant, and are really hard to spot, but this is looking like a whole degree, or more. Considering most people would reasonably shoot at or for less than 300 meters (only after which drop becomes a significant factor for 7.62x39), I think the forward cant is too much. Half a degree would effectively join POI and POA at 300 meters (125grain at 2350fps out the muzzle has a drop just short of 30 inches for example).
Oddballs aside, side rails on AKs usually line up perfectly with the bore, and mounts are squared.
In any case, I'll be waiting for more pictures. If anyone wants to put this to rest, a clear picture from the back (with the dust cover off) would be appreciated.