received my magwedge sks "kwik-rail" today, thought i'd share some initial impressions and a few pictures. Hopefully i can make it to the range this weekend, weather permitting. Sorry for the crappy pictures, only have my iphone handy.
Right, left, top and bottom views:
if any part of this rail is going to fail, its probably with the connection of the top piece, and the part that attaches on the sides. Not sure how its held together, but i would of liked to have seen this as one single piece instead of two.
my old bc tactical scout mount. It was a pain in the ass to install. I guess my sks was a bit out of spec on the insides, because i had to grind down the front right bottom portion of the scout mount to make it fit. Looked fine when it was installed though.
not the case with the kwik rail, the front end was much thinner, thankfully for me.
be sure to replace the leaf spring floor plate before installing the magwedge kwik-rail if you're coming from a bc tactical scout mount!
pretty easy to install. Only thing that took any time was cutting the old receiver retaining pin out with my dremel (you'll need to buy a replacement retaining pin if you want to go back to the old sights). The rail is held in at the back with a threaded tube on both ends and two hex screws. I used blue loctite on them just to be safe. Front mount uses a rollpin. Pivots up at the front when you remove the back tube for cleaning. Really looks nice with my bushnell trs-25.
what it looks like from the rear (don't mind the off center dot, its not sighted in)
you can still see through to the front sight. Not sure how practical this will be, but its nice. When the red dot isn't attached its much better, and just like regular iron sights.
a few optic comparisons. (rail/sightmark ultrashot/nc star 3-9x/bushnell trs-25).
I noticed the mounts on the ncstar and sight mark were kinda loose. Seems like the kwik-rail is thinner than most picatinny rails, just have to adjust the width on the bottom of the sights, no big deal.
the instructions for installation were pretty vague, i was fine with that, but im sure some people would like step by steps with pictures/video. Also, it comes with a strip of velcro to put on the bottom of the rail so it doesn't get dinged by ejecting bullets. I didn't do that, i've done the ejection port mod, so i'll see how it holds up after ~50 rounds through it. Overall it seems very solid, i have no doubt it will hold a zero. Can't wait to try it out... Also, can't wait for archangel to friggin start shipping their sks stocks. I think this would look bad ass with it!
