Egyptian Hakim Rifle ( licenced build version of the Swedish Ag m/42) at the shooting range in Yemen

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Brandon_awarea@reddit

That scope is about as stable as lindsay lohan

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Taolan13@reddit

The scope being mounted to that piece is a choice.

It's also getting beat to hell from the brass since there doesn't appear to be a brass deflector shielding it.

I doubt it holds zero.

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IntelligentGrade7316@reddit

Oh, it holds zero alright. Somewhere over there this round, somewhere over there next round, and so on. Eventually it will duplicate a poi. Maybe.

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Eisenbahn-de-order@reddit

to have a scope that would be remotely accurate, a pivoting rail mount like those aftermarket ones for SKS would probably be a good idea

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Taolan13@reddit

from my desk it looks like you'd need something like the classic AK pattern side-mount adapters, because you also need it to come up over the ejection port and act as a brass deflector.

That scope is getting beat to hell.

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Eisenbahn-de-order@reddit

with how this rifle works that means loading will be difficult. Also with a side mount you'd need to cut into the wooden stock. whereas a dog leg top rail is pretty much drop in fit

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Taolan13@reddit

What about a side mounted scope bracket would interfere with loading a magazine from the bottom of the weapon?

And what do you think a dog leg is? Are you just talking about a long rail adapter mounted in front of or behind the action group? A "dog leg" mount is also a side mounted adapter thar comes over the top or bottom.

A long eye relief optic fully forward of the action group would also work better than whatever's going on here but I suspect this scope was mounted more for aesthetics than function.

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Eisenbahn-de-order@reddit

No. A side mount will make charging the weapon difficult. This gun is typically loaded by pinching the cover on the top.

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Taolan13@reddit

Did you watch the video? There's a handle on the side. No pinching necessary.

And a side mount would only interfere with a top pinch if you mounted it too far back.

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Eisenbahn-de-order@reddit

Dude I've handled both versions I can say confidently I know it better than you. I don't care what it's called. Something like that would be better off.

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Taolan13@reddit

Where are you going to attach the rear mount? And how does that interfere in pinching the top cover to cycle the action any less than a side mount?

You may have "handled" them but you're talking out your ass to invent reasons why your personal preference is the correct solution.

There's more than one way to skin a cat and mount an optic.

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TokyoFlip@reddit

Brass Yeeter 3000

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Acidpants220@reddit

It's brilliant, you can shoot a guy 100 yards away, while also throwing hot brass into the face of the guy 10 feet away. Truly the the worlds first hybrid PDW/Battle Rifle

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Dry_Winter5652@reddit

Whats even better is with overgassed Gewehr 43s (dont shoot them with the original gas system) you can shoot a guy 100 yards away while also throwing hot brass at a guy 30 feet away, on a shed roof.

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SAM5TER5@reddit

Ever shot an AK? Or an HK product?

TBH most military firearms launch brass to the moon. When reliability is a must, over-gas everything lol

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Dry_Winter5652@reddit

Yeah I have. But trust me, I've never seen anything through brass further than an overgassed G43.

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larevacholerie@reddit

Would love to speak to the brilliant engineer who thought mounting the scope on the only moving part of the gun was a good idea

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SAM5TER5@reddit

If it helps, I’ve never once seen an optic mounted to this gun, let alone to the dust cover lol. I don’t think the designers had that it mind

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TheHancock@reddit

Idea? Thought process?

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FabiusBill@reddit

God, I love these rifles.

Still kick myself for not picking up a pair and a ton of magazines and ammo back when they were (reasonably) cheap.

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Smoking0311@reddit

Don’t we all

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FlappyDappison@reddit

That scope is so cursed lmao

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may_be_maybe_not@reddit

Imagine getting dropped from 100 yds by a single point mounted chinesium rifle scope bolted to the fucking dust cover smh

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Popular_Mushroom_349@reddit

Wouldn't it have been easier to use a Mosin Nagant (rear sight) scope mount?

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gggg_4_l@reddit

One of these showed up in my LGS. I kind of regret not buying it, but finding ammo for it would've been a bitch

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anActualGiantSquid@reddit

And here we give the SCAR shit for being hard on optics

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ShermanTeaPotter@reddit

First time I hear that. How and why is the SCAR hard on optics?

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south13@reddit

It vibrates them apart

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Taolan13@reddit

Is that both sizes or just the H?

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TheRealSchifty@reddit

Just the heavy as far as I know, I've never heard of optics issues with the SCAR light.

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Able-Quantity-1879@reddit

Mass of carrier dies most of the banging right under optic mounts. Rent one next time you get to a range just to see what a mediocre and shoddy feeling product it actually is… terrible…

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ShermanTeaPotter@reddit

Yeah not happening because we very rarely have these types of shooting ranges in Germany, but good to know. Wouldn’t that be solved by mounting a long eye relieve optic further forward on the gun?

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tykaboom@reddit

No, but it was solved by making optics better.

And by making the new bolt carriers lighter and adding a hydraulic buffer to them.

You always could run a long eye releif optic, just had to be a well manufactured one.

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