Ok I give up. How the heck....
- Thread starter Squamch
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In my opinion you get a more clear sight picture of the post and target with a standard black post. If you need something for low light you need to get a battery powered night vision optic.
Two cheap ways to make a sight adjustment tool that works (and doesn't break like the EBay ones).
Cut a diameter slot in a 4 mm (or 3.5 mm) nut driver that fits over the threads.
Cut the end off a large cheapo Canadian Tire screwdriver, drill a clearance hole (1/16 or 3/32) up into the shaft to accommodate the post itself and then cut the slot with a dremel.
Cut a diameter slot in a 4 mm (or 3.5 mm) nut driver that fits over the threads.
Cut the end off a large cheapo Canadian Tire screwdriver, drill a clearance hole (1/16 or 3/32) up into the shaft to accommodate the post itself and then cut the slot with a dremel.
Well in my opinion the stock sights suck. The lack of Tapco posts was $5 on usedvictoria so I bought em...I think I was better off using bright coloured nail polish on the rear sights. Maybe I'll try a set of tech sights next.
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What I did was replace the rear sight leaf with a rear Williams Firesight. It's like a ghost ring but has an adapter you can screw into it if you want the pinhole accuracy (as far as an sks goes) but I don't use that part I find the ghost ring works well and opens up the sight picture nicely and allows fast target acquisition as far as iron sights go. Nothing wrong with the front sight post though. I highly recommend the rear Williams Firesight if you like irons like I do. I got mine from Hical.
Hey, how's it going? I've been on the fence with the Williams sight for a long while now, you swear by it?...I'm not particularly a fan of the factory irons, but I can put 5 within 8" at 200 yards with my 54 Izzy. So I can't bring myself to spend that much on a rear sight, plus tax and $15 shipping, without knowing I will absolutely love it...Maybe tax return season i'll pick one up, and if I don't like it i'll throw it on the EE.
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Oh hey man, how's the shotgun treating ya? Yeah I bought the rear sight from Hical for around $40 but it really is a lot better than the factory sight leaf. It's the cheapest replacement I could find on the market but it's simple, solid and unless you throw a scope or a dot on, you know it's gonna be there forever. Probably more like $55 after shipping but I would say it's 55 not gone to waste. Brings a good battle feel to the sks as well. Unless you use the adapter which I wouldn't. Then you're looking through a pinhole with no sight picture. Ghost ring style works well.
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right on, I might give it a try if not for improved accuracy, for quicker target acquisition and sight picture, since shooting supported at 200 yards with irons isn't really practical with an SKS...shotgun's great, I had one minor issue(<-link) but I'm pretty sure it's the oil I used...cycles and functions pretty well...I just picked up a rifled slug barrel for it for deer season next year, can't wait to try it out. (wanted to use SKS, but the group that took me in, hunts in an area that is bow and shotgun only)
sorry for thread jack OP...
sorry for thread jack OP...
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Well that was an interesting read. That never happened to me and I took it out in the snow lots last winter. Well not lots but a few times for sure. I'm pretty confident the round count was around 500 - 700 rounds max by the time I sold it to you. How is it now? If it helps, the only thing I ever used in that gun was WD40 and it always cycled very well for me. I never used anything else.
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