chapperjoe
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I'm looking into buying one and would like to hear about it more from owners.
Can a scope mount be mounted to the VEPR?
The Standard VEPR as well as the VEPR II and VEPR K have a scope rail on the left side of the receiver. The rail will accept a variety of scope mounts. Scope mounts are not included with the rifle. Not all mounts will fit the VEPR. We carry two different scope mounts for the VEPR.
It is not recommended that the scope mount be used on the VEPR .308 Standard and VEPR II models. They don't seem to hold zero. However, the VEPR .308 Super which comes with a scope mount works extremely well.
The VEPR Super includes a scope mount which fits directly over top of the receiver. It attaches to the receiver in three places giving it a solid fit.
Thus far, at least three variants of Molot-designed optics side plates are known to have been used in their production. These plates, although similar in style and identical in location to military standard AK side plates seen in the past, have specific features unique to themselves. Latest models have a central horizontal groove for the clearance of the PSO forward mounted stop pin. Earlier plates had an inverted design (open space at the front) which was less likely to stop the scope from walking during recoil. It appears the factory also realized this, as later patterns have a forward wall and an open at the rear, which is much more logical.
So accuracy for a Super Vepr is about the same as it is for a Dragunov clone?