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    01/06/14 UPDATE: Price dropped to $50 shipped. 01/02/14 UPDATE: Posting this on the Vepr Forum too now. Guys, this is a steal! Chaos had this rail at $85 + shipping over the holidays and I priced mine here to match that (-used item), but Chaos is back selling these at $99.99. Also, this thing doesn't even have a single major scratch on it. I even cleaned and lightly oiled it for you! I am selling this used Chaos tri-rail will all the hardware. It definitely has signs of use, but is in overall great condition. Because Chaos rails are modular, you can get a top or extended top rail from the
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    UPDATE2: SOLD UPDATE: SPF I am selling this lightly used scope mount for the Vepr Super models equipped for such mounts. This mount will NOT work with the AK side-rail equipped Verp Supers, which don't have the little top mount rails on both sides of the receiver, next to the rear trunnion. I had to sell my Vepr Super and this was my second, “backup” mount. It does have a few scuffs and scratches on it - typical Russian enamel finish, but is in perfect working order. I’ve never bent the locking lever on this one. It does come with the original Molot 1” scope rings, but honestly, the
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    UPDATE4: SOLD UPDATE3: SPF UPDATE: Added a pic of the reticle and a daylight pic of the tube scuff/scratch. UPDATE2: Ad also posted on the Vepr Forum. Would like sell this lightly used, high end Belorussian POSP scope, which I bought from Kalinka. It's not in stock right now, but they had it listed as: "POSP 4-10x42 D VariPOSP Zoom Rifle Scope w/ Adjustable Illuminated 1000 m Dragunov Reticle and Independent Focus, Weaver Version" Here's the official product description: The POSP 4-10x42 D wit is a high quality sniper rifle scope with a magnesium alloy body and fully multi-
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    The GIs are supposed to be less picky about the ammo at the expense of some accuracy. Still, I would pick a nice Saiga or Vepr 308 build over a PTR91 every time. Another bad aspect of the PTR91 is the weight - almost 10 lbs! The dirt-cheap mags are nice though. Here's my baby S308: Wouldn't trade her for any other battle rifle... at least nothing that's within the same price range.
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    No. Haven't e-mailed him yet. Before I plop any more dough into my Super, I want to make sure that I can get the damn top mount to quit working itself loose after a few shots. I am currently trying a new config, with the "quick release" lever on the left side. It looks promising, but I need to take the rifle to the range and test it out. If that doesn't work out, I will contact another dude in Russia, who makes a solid "always-on" mount (with clearance for removing the receiver cover) and see if he will ship his product to the US. His guns.ru forum thread says that the weight for that product
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    About $180 for the basic one and $376 for adjustable.
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    I discovered this on guns.ru forums. This guy Dmitry in Novosibirsk, who has been doing this for a while and is reputable, makes custom polymer stocks for all kinds of guns, including the Vepr Super. Here's his basic one: Here's his adjustable one, which is bout 2x the price: Here's a prototype that he's working on right now: Just thought I'd share. I'd love to have that adjustable stock. Edit: Fixed the images, by attaching them here, instead of linking to guns.ru
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    A good friend of mine used to own a nice PTR91. It proved to be extremely picky about ammunition (it just refused to cycle specific .308/7.62 mm NATO rounds, period) and we just couldn't get a very nice, expensive optics mount to stay in place without movement (was impossible to zero a scope). He also didn't particularly like the feel and ergonomics of the weapon. The fact that it didn't group any better than my S308, was the last straw. He sold that rifle.
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    Hey guys. I have a Verp Super and a buddy of mine has a regular 308 with the front sight integrated into the gas block (v. 02). Both guns came with the sights horizontally "dead on", but after my buddy installed a CSS aluminum hand-guard, it changed his barrel harmonics and now his gun is shooting a bit to the left of PoA. We tried to fix this by using a typical AK sight adjustment tool (UTG, I believe), but it didn't work, seemingly because the cylindrical sight base on the rifle is slightly larger than the round hole on the sight adjustment tool. Cursory fitting showed that my Super seems to
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    I could be wrong, but believe that the jet in your e-mail ad image is a Russian SU-33 (Flanker-D):
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    Thanks again. I probably scratched up the action, dug into the wood and made my stock loose, trying to "tighten it" a few turns. Me and my freakishly strong hands, combined with impatience, and perfectionism. Should have gotten all the answers BEFORE messing with the "mysterious screw".
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    Thanks. I am still having difficulty picturing how all this fits. I think that I need to remove the stock this weekend... see how everything works.
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    I've had good experience with orders from Russia and Belarus before. I am fluent in Russian. I might just contact that Tarenkov guy and inquire if he would be willing to ship his mount to the US, how much, etc. He's not quite as backed up on orders/production as I initially thought... the wait looks to be around 1-2 months for most people.
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    Hmm... I held the nut with the two holes in place and tightened the nut with with a slot using a big flat screw driver, it went quite a bit inside the stock before it got tight. Am I doing it wrong? I've never taken off the stock and have no idea idea how this cross-bolt interacts with the action inside there.
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    http://www.germanguns.de/export/optics/mounts/hkmounts/MolAMont9902.jpg I knew I saw this before, according to this German site it was designed for the Supers up until 2000. question is why? I believe that this old style mount didn't hold in place so well, so they came up with the current three point attachment style. The Tarenkov mount apparently stays in place and is made out of steel too.
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    I've spent a lot of time searching and browsing guns.ru (the biggest Russian gun forum) and other Russian forums, reading about the Vepr Super, which they lovingly call the "Super-Swine" (Vepr means "wild boar" in Russian) and other fun variations of thereof. This is the main (biggest) Vepr Super owners discussion thread: http://forum.guns.ru/forummessage/56/11.html The general consensus is that the Molot top mount is a POS/PITA and a lot of these guys had just given up on trying to use mag optics with this rifle, and when hunting, compensate for the lack of aiming precision with rapid
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    Any idea if needs to be tight? Like I said, the screw on mine was fairly loose.
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    Hey, guys. There's a pretty big old screw going all the way through the stock (from right to left), right under the rear sight block. Anyone know what it's for? Mine is fairly loose. Do I need to have it tight? Thanks.
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    The way that you do this, do you keep your zero when removing and reinstalling the mount for cleanings? I wonder if I get movement from recoil because I bent my lever to clear the scope objective and it now doesn't neatly tuck in between the barrel and the stock and instead, just sticks out to the side. I was going to cut a chunk off, to make it stick out less. I also have another new, unmodified mount. I might try things your way, though I really like to have that quick-release option. It seems like the Russians designed this mount to properly work only with small optics, such as red dots and
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    recoil. Hey, guys. I took my Super out to get sighted in with a scope for the first time today. As I mentioned in the topic, it's the top mount version. I had modified the lock/release lever on the mount by bending it away from the gun, in order to make it clear a 40 mm scope objective. It took me less that 10 rounds to get a pretty good zero at 25 yards. However, I had began to notice a problem: after a few shots, the locking lever would end up about 15 degrees up from the "locked" position. This didn't make much of a difference from a short range, but when I moved up to 100 yards, I sa
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    Definitely mil spec sealed and lacquer-coated! Polymer-coated steel casings are very prone to rusting.
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    I finally had a chance to take my Arsenal Super 308 target shooting today. I was hoping to zero the irons and my scope, but got distracted with my buddy's shit and only had time for the irons. I was shooting surplus German 7.62 mm NATO DAG 150 gr "Silvertip", sitting at a solid table and using one sand bag to support the weapon. Conditions were wet, windy and cold, with my fingers going numb by the end of the shooting session. I was also constantly distracted with my buddy's shenanigans. In addition, I am still getting used to the feel and ergonomics of this weapon. The trigger is a doubl
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    I disagree. New, decent quality AKs can be quite accurate. Most of the time, the weapons that the US soldiers encounter in the field are old, have worn-out, past-life-expectancy barrels and are improperly operated by the people with very little training, as well as (commonly) uncorrected visions problems. The difference between milled and stamped is minimal. SKS' are just harder to wear out because they are not FA. I don't remember RJ mentioning the exact grouping that they got out of that "heavy" build on the show. Unless it was editing, it took the dude 3 shots to dial in on a human silhouet
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    Excellent job, friend. Looks great.
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