Was thinking of Tech Sight for SKS, but...

peep sks

Why don't you just buy a peep with a double hole for a Marlin an drill & tape it or a peep an have it tig weld it on

Mojo has some great sights. The sight radius is shorter but they get good reviews

I have a mojo sight on a Mauser. Works pretty good but I imagine a true peep sight would be more effective. The only issue with the mojo is the rear peep is rather large in diameter.
Works a lot better than the factory sights though.

The SKS Tech Sight is really a fabulous piece of gear and if you get one you should spring for their target front post as well.

As you mentioned the sight radius of that sight on an SKS is unmatched - really superb.

Removing the latch pin isn't that big a deal and you get the added bonus of using a cross bolt to really lock down that receiver cover so it no longer wiggles at all.

ANY sight system that attaches to the receiver cover that is not bolted down tight is just a waste of time and money.

Last I knew it was pretty easy to get a replacement latch and the cross pin if you ever feel a need to put it back to original form.

There just aren't many good alternatives to the factory iron sights. There is a peep available to swap out the rear tangent that works. Any sight attached to the cover is a bad concept. That cover is held in place by spring force and a through-bolt so it will shift.

Scopes and SKS have been a long road of frustration. All of the cover/scope base combos shift with recoil. There are some side mounts made that are solid if a bit tall, however these all requires a good gunsmith the tap the receiver cut away part of the stock. Pretty much guaranteed to lose the ability to use stripper clips.

Scout mounts exist if they appeal to you. Most again need a gunsmith to drill holes. There is an ok no-drill scout mount but it is a bit pricey considering the cost of the gun: http://scoutscopes.com/sks-scope-mounts/sks-scope-mount-black-anodized-7895/

Orion, I removed the retention lug from the cover pin in a few minutes with a file I borrowed from MrsBFD's jewelry making stuff.
It isn't difficult and you can order a replacement if you feel the need to have original parts for whatever reason.
Mine is even re-usable (although it can fall out now, obviously) although you could get that little pin/lug off with a pair of vise-grips faster and trash it.

illinoisburt - the Tech Sight bolts to the receiver not the cover. Which is the entire point. You're right, the cover moves. Which is why you bolt something onto the real receiver in the hole the cover used to pin on with.

carbine85 said:

Mojo has some great sights. The sight radius is shorter but they get good reviews

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I've got one on my SKS. It's no where near as good as a receiver mounted aperture sight. The main reason is the aperture needs to be near the eye to work well. Instead of the aperture assisting your focus like on a receiver sight, the Mojo requires you to try and find the front sight through a small hole.

The only way my Mojo is somewhat usable is if I use it without an aperture insert. It almost becomes a ghost ring, but it still far away from the eye to have a true ghost ring effect.

After having tried the Mojo for a few range sessions, I ended up putting the original SKS sight back on. It isn't so bad compared to a Mojo, plus the original sight has the quick elevation slider on it that the SKS Mojo doesn't have.

Edit: after seeing the sight it looks like would be pretty solid.

ok orion,try this.get a short picatinny sight rail that will fit on the verticle part of the rear section of the rear cover or rear of receiver.(2 screws).you can attach one of the ar-15 flip sights and use that.
http://www.brownells.com/optics-mou...un-bases/top-mount-bases-11-62-prod31720.aspx

http://www.e-sarcoinc.com/ar15-m16tacticalrearflipsight.aspx

mount a top rail
http://www.brownells.com/rifle-parts/sights/rear-sights/weaver-backup-base-prod48.aspx

I'm very pleased with the Tech Sights on my Norinco SKS. They were easy to install and have remained zero'd for the two years I've had them-even after cleaning. Best SKS option I've tried.

illinoisburt said:

Just my opinion need at least two anchors to make things "rock solid". Even if it doesn't move side to side, a mount secured with just one bolt could still rotate unless secured against something. If that something is the cover itself, once again got issues with shift from recoil & wouldn't want to rely on the stock as an anchor point.

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*sigh*
You obviously haven't looked at the product at all, burt
Here:
http://www.tech-sights.com/sks.htm
Go look. I'll wait.

... Back?
Have a good look?
There were pictures.

See the four setscrews? Those hold zero under recoil just fine. It doesn't rotate. The nice people at the company DO realize the product goes on a gun and might move around. They're pretty good at designing aftermarket sights.

And you can remove it to clean the gun just fine, it holds zero because they included four setscrews with Loctite and everything. Almost as if they'd developed the product cleverly.
It doesn't go on the cover.
It doesn't flop around on one pin.
It doesn't attach to the stock.
It goes on the receiver, with 5 or 6 points of contact depending on how you count.
As you may be aware, the receiver and barrel are pretty solidly connected and tend to remain aligned for many rounds of firing.

Buy Tech Sights with confidence, they are an excellent product. I have several SKS rifles with them on it and they work great. As far as other products, don't full with anything that doesn't tighten up the receiver cover as it will just wobble and be inaccurate.

If you are that worried about the pin just buy a spare to have on hand...

Thanks for the link. Design is not far off from the old b-square scope mount for the sks - through bolt, multiple set screws that pushed against the rear of the receiver to keep it locked in place. Had one, it was certainly much better and costlier than other mounts available, but still shifted. Do agree however that as a rear peep sight if it moves only a couple thousandths the point of impact movement will likely not be noticeable like it was when the scope bases moved ever so slightly.