SKS better sights options?

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Took new to me SKS(and my first rifle) to range today. From 20-25 yards off hand I made 5 inch group shooting pretty quick.

This is OK for what I did, but with my vision I won't be able to move into further distance, I need better sights.

This rifle is going to be for hunting mostly, I don't care about any kind of super-accuracy. All I need is robust, budget sight system which won't make rifle heavy and will allow me to do same group up to 100 yards.

Any suggestions?
 
Glasses

:eek::rolleyes::neener:

I've owned an sks (or 2) for the better part of 20 years.... I've tried all the scope mounts, etc.... dont! they just dont work on the sks.

Tech Sights, is your best option IMO.
 
tech sights. I bought a TS200 sight for mine.

it'll make that 5 inch hole at 200 yards off sand bags.
 
To use ghost ring (peep) sights, the sight has to be as close to the eye as possible. Otherwise they are useless... Well, they might be better than the stock sights, but they won't be better than TechSights.

I have a pair of TechSights on my CZ 452 .22LR bolt action rifle and let me tell you, they are worth EVERY penny.
 
I've got a Red/Green Reflex sight on my SKS. I've gotten great accuracy with it and for 100 yards it would be great IMO. Plus, if you need extra range, you could get a magnifier.
 
The factory sights on the SKS are just utterly godawful.

Everyone else in this thread who's suggested Tech Sights is absolutely right. Do yourself a favor and order a set, they're great.
 
I had to modify the lever on a previous SKS to get the techsights installed, and it was still worth it for the improvement.
 
I'm going to buck the trend and say that the stock irons on a SKS aren't that bad.

They are basically target tangent sights from 100 years ago. Tangents have the advantage that they can be fast close up while still providing for good accuracy at longer ranges. Peeps are easier to train and can be fast or precise, but they block a lot of light.

OTOH, you have to use them correctly or your results will be very poor.

If you're shooting close and fast, ignore the rear blade, put the sight hood on the target and press the trigger. You'll get a hit. At longer ranges, put the front sight in focus. line up the top of the front sight with the top of the rear, get equal light space on either side of the rear (which should remain fuzzy) and press the trigger.

I've gotten a 2MOA group with my SKS and the stock sights when using good ammo. It was a nice sunny day (sunny days help because your pupil is smaller and acts like a aperture, increasing the DOF) and I was just on that day. I can't do a group that small all the time but that's mostly me.

BSW
 
Katitmail said:
Glasses I already wear. Checked tech sights. Seems like Williams fire sight might work better
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I have tried the Williams aperture and the Mojo aperture on my SKS. Both mount in place of the standard SKS rear sight. Neither one of them offer the clarity of sight picture that a rear mounted aperture provides. It's just the nature of having an aperture about one foot from the eye.

An aperture really needs to be only a couple inches in front of the eye to work well as a rear sight. A Tech Sight is the only factory made rear aperture for an SKS that can be positioned close enough to the eye to make this happen.
 
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I was thinking about Williams sights for faster target aquisition and for easy take down of rifle.

I understand why Tech Sights will be better, but I'm trying to get something better yet without modifying rifle.

Is Williams sights good enough for deer at 100 yards? This is all I really need.
 
Katitmail said:
I was thinking about Williams sights . . . for easy take down of rifle.
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Good point.

I think the front sight post for the Williams Fire Sight would be real nice for hunting, but I don't have that on my SKS.

I first tried the Williams rear aperture before I got my Mojo. The Williams rear sight just slips under a spring pin while the Mojo uses a trunnion mount like the SKS sight uses. Mounted on my Norinco SKS, the Williams has side to side play that will affect windage consistency. Perhaps in other SKSs, the Williams fits more tightly.

Due the the Williams' sloppy fit I replaced it right away. I think the loose fitting Williams would have a real problem with 100 yard accuracy. Plus, that thin little Williams sight is made of aluminum, while the Mojo is thicker and made of steel. If anything were to hit that Williams sight with a little force, it might kill it or pop it clean off the rifle into the weeds.

BTW, no matter which of these aperture sights you get you will need a front sight adjusting tool of some sort. The front sight has to come up quite a bit.

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grimjaw said:
I had to modify the lever on a previous SKS to get the techsights installed, and it was still worth it for the improvement.
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The stock on mine was an aftermarket plastic thing. I had to take a Dremel to it, and the results are pretty red neck, but the improvement in shootability was worth it.

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Ohio Gun Guy said:
Glasses

:eek::rolleyes::neener:

I've owned an sks (or 2) for the better part of 20 years.... I've tried all the scope mounts, etc.... dont! they just dont work on the sks.

Tech Sights, is your best option IMO.
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Have you tried one of these though? ;)

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Secures at the rear of the receiver (replacing the takedown lever) and replaces the rear sight, supposed to return to zero.
 
another happy Tech Sight user here

They're worth the very minor modification to the gun, I did it with a jewelery-making file from the wife's toolkit in under 5 minutes.
 
Tech sight user with Yugo M59/66A1 SKS:

My lever didn't come out, so I had to cut it, but the sights are well worth it. My brother in law is jealous because the sights allow my SKS to out shoot his "m-4 style" AR-15 (with magpul sights that came with the rifle).
 
I recently picked up one of these (from scoutscopes.com):

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and have this on order to go with it (full specs here):

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It mounts the scope forward of the receiver, in "scout mount" fashion. Not everyone is fond of this approach, but I happen to be partial to it, because it lets me shoot cross eye dominant (i.e., shoot right handed, while sighting with my left eye). With my visual impairment in my right eye, and being right handed, iron sights are simply not practical for me. I have several rifles configured this way. Works for me. YMMV.
 
Oddly enough I just mentioned scoping my pop's sks, and that's the mount I used. On his Norinco it's worked perfectly. I installed that weaver low rings and a simmons pro hunter handgun scope and never looked back. It looks a bit funky since the rings are very close together, but the scope is very light and short and hasn't lost it's zero so i'm gonna call it a success.
 
AR180 - No, and that looks like it would work, Better yet, if it doesn't, no harm to the rifle.

But it appears to solve the problem of a large bolt slamming into a dust-cover no matter how you clamp it down.... by bridging over the dust cover completely.

I might even give that a try.....
 
I had to trim the little retention pin off my Yugo's lever/pin whatsit. Easy, doesn't affect anything if you go back to stock except that you can lose that part.

The original design was pretty clever, the semi-literate conscript working on that gun couldn't lose the assembly pin.
 
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