Gomez
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I've finally gone and done it. I've always felt that the standard AK sights were poor at best and that they were the greatest limiting factor to the gun. Well, anyway, I looked and looked and couldn't find anyone making a suitable set of aftermarket sights for them, so I set out to have made what I consider to be an appropriate set of sights for close range defensive use of the rifle.
First, I looked at the front sight. Not much available for an AK that works any better than the standard issue post, at least that's what I thought until I found out that Ace Limited was making a windage slide that would take M16/AR15 sight posts. So I fitted an XS Sight Systems Big Dot Round Top Tritium AR15 front sight post to an Ace windage slide. Very easy to pick up.
Next, I looked at the various aperture sights that could replace the standard rear. I don't care for aperature sights mounted that far forward on the receiver. In my opinion, an aperture sight (whether of conventional (ie small hole) design or ghost ring) needs to be placed as close to the shooters eye as practical to get the best results. But I did like to design of the Mojo Sights rear. So a couple of e-mails and a phone call or two later and Mr. Jones agreed to make me a rather unique rear sight. It's a half ghost ring rear, giving a fat U-shaped rear sight picture.
The sight picture will look kind of like an egg (the Big Dot front) sitting in a nest (the half ghost ring rear). I haven't gotten the rear sight in yet, but as soon as it arrives I'm swapping the sights out and heading to the range.
I'll post pics, if anyone is interested, once the various peices are all in one place.
First, I looked at the front sight. Not much available for an AK that works any better than the standard issue post, at least that's what I thought until I found out that Ace Limited was making a windage slide that would take M16/AR15 sight posts. So I fitted an XS Sight Systems Big Dot Round Top Tritium AR15 front sight post to an Ace windage slide. Very easy to pick up.
Next, I looked at the various aperture sights that could replace the standard rear. I don't care for aperature sights mounted that far forward on the receiver. In my opinion, an aperture sight (whether of conventional (ie small hole) design or ghost ring) needs to be placed as close to the shooters eye as practical to get the best results. But I did like to design of the Mojo Sights rear. So a couple of e-mails and a phone call or two later and Mr. Jones agreed to make me a rather unique rear sight. It's a half ghost ring rear, giving a fat U-shaped rear sight picture.
The sight picture will look kind of like an egg (the Big Dot front) sitting in a nest (the half ghost ring rear). I haven't gotten the rear sight in yet, but as soon as it arrives I'm swapping the sights out and heading to the range.
I'll post pics, if anyone is interested, once the various peices are all in one place.
