[black bear]

I just got a ARM Maadi 30 Russian and I loaded 25 rounds and ejected them, they come out a little messed out in the point of the bullets and with a slight firing pin mark in the primer.
It this normal?? it also happen in the AK 47 guns?
Also the front sight come all the way to the left, seem to be mounted on a big movable pin that can be drifted, how I drift it back to center? with a hammer and brass punch??

Also I want to know which is the proper position for the rear sight, (to hit at 50 yards) it is in the number "1" or is in the letter "P"

Sorry for the out of focus pictures.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/frontsight11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/maadirearsight.jpg

Thank you for your help.
black bear

[KaceCoyote]

A mallet works quite well to adjust the windage.

As for the small marks on the primer, thats normal. The firing pin freefloats too and fro, back and fourth. It doesnt have enough umph to do much've anything except when that hammer goes flying..

[KaceCoyote]

BTW, P the first position is for CQB, under 100 yards. 1 is 1-200 yards, 2-300 yards ect ect.

[black bear]

KaceCoyote,
Thank you, great information!!
I hope to find a more sporting stock than the short thumbhole stock. maybe something with a recoil pad on it (not for the recoil, but to stay put when I rest the gun in a corner.
Also I may want to buy a bolt cover with a picattiny or Weaver rail, it such thing avalaible?
Thanks for the answers.
black bear

[KaceCoyote]

K-var has a wide selection of stocks. I admit an undadulterated love affair with the plum stock maself.


The DUST COVER which you speak of moves around too much. If you want to mount optics the sidemount does the job far better, and retains zero even after removal and replacement. The top cover, over the gas tube can also be replaced. THey're more expensive than the dust cover mounts but these are flimsy and have a wandering zero, not a good investment.

[Onmilo]

You can use a C-Clamp and a short well socket as a crude sight adjustment tool.
Socket goes over the end of the sight drum in the direction you intend to move the sight, the c-clamp is positioned with the screw jack on the other end of the sight drum and the top of the clamp holding the socket in position, the clamp is them tightened down and it will walk the sight drum in the direction you want to go.

This is much more precise than whacking the sight drum with a hammer and you will be far less inclined to break something.

You adjust the rear sight according to the range distance you are firing.
Start and shoot at 100 meters/yards with the sight set at 1.
Fine tune your elevation adjustment by screwing the front sight post up or down depending on the adjustment needed.
Bringing the post up will lower your group on the paper, screwing it down into the drum will raise your point of impact on the target.

The P setting is a battlesight zero and in combat it will allow bullets to hit within 18" vertical dispersion at ranges from point blank to 400 meters.

It isn't unusual for bullet tips to become dinged up in AK type firearms from the feed cycle.
The primer dimple is normal too.

I agree that K-Var has the very best replacement stocks for AK type firearms.
They are a bit pricey but worth every penny for the service and quality you will receive.
htp://www.k-var.com

[JA]

The "P" is the battle sight setting and will allow you to hit a man at ranges from 0-300 meters. It is set when going into battle as you won't have time to adjust the sights for different ranges. The numbers on the rear sight are 1=100 meters,2=200 meters,3=300 meters,etc...........
Due to the design the firing pin doesn't have a spring on the front of it so when the cartridge is chambered the foreword movement of the bolt is stopped by the face of the chamber and the firing pin keeps moving till it is stopped by the primer of the cartridge. The firing pin doesn't hit the primer hard enough to set it off.
The sights were set at the factory and a special punch was used that put a witness mark on the front sight and the drum( the cylinder that the front sight pin screws into) that is moved side to side to adjust the windage.

http://img225.echo.cx/img225/8360/frontsightwitnessmark7rz.jpg


A brass punch and hammer or a sight tool can be used to move the drum to adjust the windage. Put a target up at 25 yards,set the rear sight on the "1" (as it is in your pic)and adjust the sights to hit the bullseye. The cleaning kit that came with you rifle has a combo tool that is used along with the cleaning kit case as a handle to adjust the elevation by screwing the front sight post in/out.

http://www.gunsnet.net/album/data//500/966AK_tool_kit1.jpg

Once the sights are set at 25 yards move the target to 100 yards and fine tune the sight settings.
For info on Maadi rifles click on the link for the "Egyptian Rifles" page of my web pages at
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jfreeman246/index.htm

[MartinS]

Yeah, the C-clamp sight adjusting tool is the way to go to move it:

1mm sideways for 26cm (10") impact shift at 100meters
1 turn up or down for 20cm (8") at 100 meters

Remember your fixed sight Daisy. Trajectories can be fun.

[black bear]

Thank you guys for all that GREAT information.
My rifle come with the front sight all the way to the left in the drum, it is very difficult to separate from the left wing protector when in shooting position.
I am refusing to believe that the factory will send it out like that and until I go to the range I will not know.
It is normal for this factory to deliver a sight so out of center??
black bear

[JA]

Are the witness marks lined up now?