kimo 0 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Anyone use fiber optics on their Saiga? How did you mount them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AZ Gun Nut 8 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Hey Kimo! Welcome Newbie! I am sure there are a few of us that would love to give you some advice or opinion, but I, for one, do not have the foggiest idea of what you are referring when you talk about the use of "fiber optics" on a Saiga. Could you please explain what you are referring to? Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
havok 21 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 He's wants to know how to mount fiber optic sights like Truglo. I don't use fiber optics because they don't work at night. I have krebs sights with XS 24/7 night sights ar-15 post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beerasaurus 9 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 I don't, but would love to if I could find a suitable platform for them. I have a long light-gathering fiber on a bird gun and was stunned at how well it works in low-light (though not true dark) conditions. Would make me happy to put one on my Saiga...if I could just figure out how to mount the damned thing. Any thoughts? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thehopping1 105 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Not sure about fiber optic sights, but you can get Tritium drop in sights for $70 here. I just tried mine out and they work great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kimo 0 Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Don't know if I want to go tritium....I am looking at adding the mount used to mount a light on my Remington 870 on the barrel for a light and laser. I still would like to put a fiber optic on. I was thinking of the Godot II that mounts over the barrel on a shotgun...sort of a snap on thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
6500rpm 670 Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 I'm not sure the barrel clamp style is going to work the best since the barrel is mounted below the gas system and the line of sight will be off. Tromix makes/made a screw on version that takes the place of the Saiga fron bead or you can fabricate something for the Krebs front sight using cut down fiber optic tubes (but it's time consuming). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jpanzer 1,265 Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 I have a tritium front post mounted with my Krebs. Works as advertised, nice green dot in low/no light. Easy to install and when you draw a bead at night all you have to do is put the dot where you want it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve in Allentown, PA 5 Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Not being a machinist I have to limit my home gunsmithing adventures to whatever my trusty Dremel will handle. The front sight on my Saiga is swaged in place much like a rivet. Getting it out then drilling and tapping a hole would have been painful and who knows if I could get the hole to be perfectly vertical. Add to that the fact that the resulting threaded hole would be subjected to the hot gases in the puck area and I could not see any way for me to reasonably install a nice tritium or XS front sight. More than a year ago a fellow with the screen name philg80 posted his idea for a replacement front sight. I bought a HiViz fiber optic sight. I left the front sight on and used it as a physical stop and protection for the fiber optic. It is firmly and solidly attached using Loctite Extreme that I picked up at Walmart. Here are some pics of what I've done. Note Cobra's vented gas tube handguard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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