[M77 PAP or VEPR 308 (Type 01 Sights)]

Looks like you have a CNC Warrior AIMR FH on yours.. You may want to see my thread, as I had one explode on an M77 and another that wasn't far behind.

 

http://forum.saiga-12.com/index.php?/topic/95717-kaboom-wtf/

Damn.

I will have to pull mine out and inspect the flash hider. Thanks for the heads up.

[M77 PAP or VEPR 308 (Type 01 Sights)]

You can use a standard POSP scope with SVD mount if you remove the stop pin, and then add a new one.  This is what I did with the extra one I had laying around.

 

Drilled, tapped, and hex head plug loc-tited in place.

 

On the rifle

 

and a pic of my rug

 

I only have a couple hundred rounds through it, but it has held zero thus far.

[So let's say a ban does go through..........]

repealed... no

over turned by the Supreme Court... possibility