SKS tech-sights

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I have tech sights for my Marlin .22 and they are very nice. I knew they made them for the SKS also and I've always been interested in getting tech sights for the my SKS too. After viewing another member's thread on his SKS tonight I noticed that the rear sight mounts to the very back of the receiver. That seems very close to where my eyes are while shooting. So I got out some guns and compared. With the SKS it would land about an inch from my glasses, with the Marlin they're about 4 inches away, on a Garand it's roughly 4 inches out again (I think I put the marlin against the Garand while installing the tech sites). It's a yugo SKS (not Chinese with a short stock) and I am quite tall and thus also have a long neck which puts my face closer to the sights than most other people's.

How close can you be to the rear aperture of a peep style sight to have it work? Are there other options for aftermarket sights (not scopes) for an SKS?

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I too like Tech Sights and have considered getting some for my SKS. I have however heard of folks not liking the SKS sights for the reason you describe. The rear aperture is too close and in some cases impacts their shooting glasses upon recoil. I'll be interested in seeing what others have to say on this subject.
 
I also wear glasses, and love the tech sights on my SKS, ironically I received my M1 garand in the mail today and compared the two, it's not that noticeable of a difference... I still get a very good sight picture...
one warning that they don't give you before you get them..

you have to remove the existing rear sight because it interferes with the sight picture. its a pain and cleaning is a pain as well... but it's so much nicer... especially if you have problems with iron sights.
 
I have a yugo sks with tech sights, and I don't have any issues with the rear sight being too close. Though it is a little different to get used to having it so close (and I am not a big guy).

Did you also get the thin sks front sight post as well?
 
I didn't know that they made a front sight... that might be an investment for when I have a little playing money again.
 
No intent of "threadjack" intended, but since my now-bifocal-clad eyes no longer do too well with open irons I've been considering installing a Tech-Sight on my own SKS.

Since replacing the factory front blade/bead sight with a FO unit has made a huge difference for me when used with a receiver sight on my several LA rifles, could any of you Tech-Sight users tell me whether a Williams Firesight SKS front would be compatible?
 
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I suspect you could add a stock spacer to increase LOP and pull your face a little further away.
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I use a 1" buttstock spacer and I do not remember ever getting the sight to hit my glasses.

I am a big fan of Tech Sights on the SKS - the rear aperture and thinner front post makes a world of difference in sight picture compared to factory sights.

The Tech Sight probably extends .5-.75 inches past the rear of the receiver - so unless you are nearly driving the receiver into your glasses already with the stock sights, adding Tech Sights is probably not going to increase the chances of that happening very much.
 
Wouldn't a 1" (or thicker) plastic recoil pad help?
My SKS (with Tech Sight:)) always has the 1" pad because it increases the 'length of pull'. At 5'11" the ergonomics are too cramped without it.
This pad cost about $20 back in '08.

This pad also helps the 'l.o.p.' of the Spanish FR8. This has a single open sight and three aperture settings, somewhat like the HK-91/PTR-91.

For both rifles it keeps my eye a bit further from both apertures etc, which seems to help.
 
Back when I first learned to shoot M-1s in high school JROTC I was told to keep my eye as far as possible from the aperature to provide more accuracy.

When I was taught to shoot the XM-16E1 I had in basic training they wanted us to get as close as possible to the aperature to be able to see more through it. (They seemed incapable of understanding that by leaving both eyes open I saw just as much from way back) Even to the point of snuggling up to touch nose to the charging handle. The old rubber baby buggy stocks and the A1 trapdoor stocks were shorter than the A2 stock.

I shoot with an aperature from where ever it is comfortable. Being taller than any height meantioned here so far, yes I would have a one inch extention on an SKS as the back of the dust cover already threatens me.

-kBob
 
Tech Sights have a very small aperture. So small I could not see through them.
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The TS-100 flip sight type uses AR-15 apertures, so you can replace it with a different (larger) size if you'd like.

I swapped one of mine to use an XS Sights "Same plane" aperture.

With the TS-200 elevation adjustable sight, you'd have to drill it out to get a larger aperture.
 
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Mojo sights won't increase the sight radius, which IMO probably contributes to most of the accuracy gains of the Tech-Sights.
 
Mojo sights mount too far forward to work properly. An aperture sight needs to be close to the eye so you can concentrate your focus on the front sight.

While the Mojo is an improvement over the original sight if nothing else is available (I have them on my Mosin Nagants and K-31s, and like the tandem front and rear aperture Snap Sights with a round Bullseye target), the Tech sight is far superior in both precision and rapid sight acquisition.

The all aluminum Williams sight trails in a distant third place. I found it to be flimsy and loose fitting, along with all the drawbacks of the Mojo.
 
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could any of you Tech-Sight users tell me whether a Williams Firesight SKS front would be compatible?
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Yes, I've used the fiber optic Firesight and Tech sight together on an SKS, but you must use the TS-200 elevation adjustable Tech sight, because you'll lose the ability to adjust elevation at the front sight.
 
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from what I've read over at SKSboards, the tapco rail does interfere and a couple guys recommend either the cheesegrater handguard or a non railed HG like the ATI.
I have a ramline HG on mine and have no interference.
 
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