Assault rifle pictures - post em up!
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2011
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From: Austin, TX
What Imrahil said is correct. The official optics mount for the AK family is a rail on the left side of the receiver. Optics usually have a built in mount that goes up and then bends over the top of the receiver. His is a commercial setup with a rail or mounts on it for a modern optic.
You can see it there.
Man, I love that Timbersmith furniture. Wish there was an option like them when I bought my stock set a decade ago. K-var poly is great but just something about a nice wooden stock set.
Receiver cover mounts pretty much universally suck.
You can see it there.
Man, I love that Timbersmith furniture. Wish there was an option like them when I bought my stock set a decade ago. K-var poly is great but just something about a nice wooden stock set.
Receiver cover mounts pretty much universally suck.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2012
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From: Paducah, KY
I've contemplated buying a set of Timbersmith furniture but just can't justify it. My K-Var poly is great and has never truly given me reason to replace it. I did upgrade the pistol grip to the TAPCO SAW style grip. I carried the SAW in the Marines and just liked the pistol grip better than the narrow AK style grip I had before.
I do want to have a rail put on my AK. My Egyptian Maadi came here without the rail. I've seen the rails for sale and now know a decent 'smith so I just may do it. Using the one on my buddy's Saiga proved the design to me.
I do want to have a rail put on my AK. My Egyptian Maadi came here without the rail. I've seen the rails for sale and now know a decent 'smith so I just may do it. Using the one on my buddy's Saiga proved the design to me.
JK Freak
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 988
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From: Middle Island, NY
I totally missed that! Ive seen that before but never installed one. Im not an AK guy, just have friends who have them and they come to me to fix their quad rail installs gone bad. Frankly I hate the way the red dots look so far up front.
What Imrahil said is correct. The official optics mount for the AK family is a rail on the left side of the receiver. Optics usually have a built in mount that goes up and then bends over the top of the receiver. His is a commercial setup with a rail or mounts on it for a modern optic.
You can see it there.
Man, I love that Timbersmith furniture. Wish there was an option like them when I bought my stock set a decade ago. K-var poly is great but just something about a nice wooden stock set.
Receiver cover mounts pretty much universally suck.
You can see it there.
Man, I love that Timbersmith furniture. Wish there was an option like them when I bought my stock set a decade ago. K-var poly is great but just something about a nice wooden stock set.
Receiver cover mounts pretty much universally suck.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 399
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From: Paducah, KY
My front handguard and the gas tube get so hot when firing a lot that I sort of wonder about that being an issue for any optic mounted up there.
I've got no science behind that but it makes me cock an eyebrow thinking about it.
I've got no science behind that but it makes me cock an eyebrow thinking about it.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: Beaumont, Tx
Man I would love to have both of those but talk about some paperwork! Sometimes I think NFA is too much hassle, but then my need for a new goodie outweighs my laziness lol