jjohnson
Member
Hi, Gents!
I have a couple of SKS copies (a Yugo and a ChiCom 56) that I would like to scope mount since my eyes are as old as I am!
I was looking at solid and practical solutions - many of the mounts jiggle around on the receiver cover or bounce on the gas tube - or use a pistol scope mounted on a base that replaces the iron rear sight. I wanted a solid mount with a standard rifle scope - and was looking for help on that.
Kalinka Optics (www.kalinka.com) sells what look like good, solid rails that can be mounted on an SKS and was wondering if anybody had experience with those. I was looking for something like a Russian POSP style scope or something similar - 4 or 6 power, maybe, with illuminated reticle. The scope needs to be short and compact - being an SKS I see little point in putting a big target scope on there - so the Russian types make sense to me, especiallly since they seem to be reasonably priced and solid as Russian equipment seems to be. I also like the Russian style ranging reticle - and just hate the mil-dot systems, though an illuminated German 3-post would be worth a look. Having the detachable mount/scope combo makes sense to me. Anybody done this and been happy with it? I'd like to get some reasonable accuracy out of this without trying to make it something it's not. If I could get solid and reliable groups of under 4" at 100 yards, I'd figure that's good. Please let me know what you guys think. If there's a decent source out there to be had with better prices, let me know - Kalinka's just where I started. Your help is always appreciated.
Thanks!
I have a couple of SKS copies (a Yugo and a ChiCom 56) that I would like to scope mount since my eyes are as old as I am!
I was looking at solid and practical solutions - many of the mounts jiggle around on the receiver cover or bounce on the gas tube - or use a pistol scope mounted on a base that replaces the iron rear sight. I wanted a solid mount with a standard rifle scope - and was looking for help on that.
Kalinka Optics (www.kalinka.com) sells what look like good, solid rails that can be mounted on an SKS and was wondering if anybody had experience with those. I was looking for something like a Russian POSP style scope or something similar - 4 or 6 power, maybe, with illuminated reticle. The scope needs to be short and compact - being an SKS I see little point in putting a big target scope on there - so the Russian types make sense to me, especiallly since they seem to be reasonably priced and solid as Russian equipment seems to be. I also like the Russian style ranging reticle - and just hate the mil-dot systems, though an illuminated German 3-post would be worth a look. Having the detachable mount/scope combo makes sense to me. Anybody done this and been happy with it? I'd like to get some reasonable accuracy out of this without trying to make it something it's not. If I could get solid and reliable groups of under 4" at 100 yards, I'd figure that's good. Please let me know what you guys think. If there's a decent source out there to be had with better prices, let me know - Kalinka's just where I started. Your help is always appreciated.
Thanks!