Tech sight TS200 on SKS

I have used a tech sight on sks. If I remember correctly you had to remove it in order to remove the dust cover for cleaning. So a real pain in shooting corrosive. Also you end up losing the stock sights ability to change range setting. Its a bit busy sight picture You are still going to see the housing where the rear sight was. Finally its made of some sort of pot metal and easy to break when you install it.
 
Thanks guys. I'm not 100% sure if I would like it. As you said it has to be removed before being able to remove the dust cover, so that's a bit of a nuisance.
From what I can find it seems that it's made from steel now instead of aluminum like the earlier ones but it may be a combination of both. I don't know. I'll have to give it some more thought as they're pricey...
 
You are better served buying a spare dust cover and having a homemade aperture welded to the spare cover. That way, the dust cover is removable, you are assured a strong steel peep sight with a diameter that works best for you, and I bet it would cost the same.
 
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My experience. Tech sights on my SKS worked very well. The increased sight plane helps with the accuracy of the rifle. Although it has to be removed to take off the body cover it has 2 adjustment screws on the back you have to adjust when mounting. Once set they allow the sight to go back into its original position. On my rifle it held its zero after being removed for cleaning and being re installed. In addition to the Tech sight I replaced the front sight with a colored fibre optic front sight which gave better visibility and quicker sight acquisition.
This is my experience
 
The Kurgan said:
You are better served buying a spare dust cover and having a homemade aperture welded to the spare cover. That way, the dust cover is removable, you are assured a strong steel peep sight with a diameter that works best for you, and I bet it would cost the same.
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While that would be a nice option, since there's a fair bit of movement in the cover I'm wondering how much zero would be affected?

Wyle 1, thanks for the info. It's always good to hear from those that have used that exact sight.
 
The Kurgan has a point there. A couple years ago Ganderite posted his solution of that nature, Post #67 - https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/776009-Range-Report-8-different-7-62x39/page7
PS - I tried epoxy - didn't bond well.
As for the shroud "moving", neither of my two do. '51 Tulas may have been better fitted? One could put a bolt thru the hole the removal lever goes. That's how the Magwedge scope mount attaches I believe - or maybe some other brand ??
I just painted the Front Post and Rear sight with White Enamel for visibility. I get ca. 2" at 50 and 5-6 at 100, and usually can hit 12" targets on posterboard at 180m.
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I loved mine , surprised me and a few others how much better we could make hits on "things" way farther out. I don't worry about cleaning my sks every outing as here in SE SK its not very humid so taking it off and on not a big deal. Probably have a few thousand through my sks with this sight on and no problems.
 
JBD said:
I have used a tech sight on sks. If I remember correctly you had to remove it in order to remove the dust cover for cleaning. So a real pain in shooting corrosive. Also you end up losing the stock sights ability to change range setting. Its a bit busy sight picture You are still going to see the housing where the rear sight was. Finally its made of some sort of pot metal and easy to break when you install it.
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Yes, cheap metal, prone to break. Overpriced.
 
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