longhorn03 10 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Ok, so I had work done to my already converted Saiga at Tac47 several years ago. They took forever to finish it but the end product was great. I spoke to them halfway through and they said installing a dustcover mounted HK diopter is iffy on a rifle. I thought, ok they convinced me to do this in the first place so... Whatever. What's done is done. A picture is located in this thread. http://forum.saiga-12.com/index.php?/topic/94727-shedding-weight-off-of-the-308/&do=findComment&comment=998696 The AK So now I have an HK front sight with an ak rear apeture, and they don't line up 100%. They said it wouldn't be a problem. But The FS post of the HK is too high. I've dealt with this for several years BC I've had optics on the rifle and been busy with other stuff. Does anyone know or have experience with a rail system, sight system etc that lines a peep sight, rail system (either on tws rail or something similar) or something like tech sights with an HK front sight? Greg at CSS said they didn't have anything. Currently I'm running a 6x posp so i don't use the iron sights but this really bugs me. In hindsight I wish I didn't put the HK sights on in the first place, but what's done is done! Doing this off my phone so if link doesn't work the gun is in the "shedding weight off 308" topic in this subforum and I'll fix the link later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
longhorn03 10 Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Update: using standard sight leaf, I adjusted elevation to line up with HK front sight post. Need to take it to the range and see how it shoots like that. I suspect it'll shoot high. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LuPiN8oR 333 Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Let us know how it goes man. Wish I had something constructive to add but I hope you get it worked out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netpackrat 566 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I don't suppose you still have the original s308 front sight block that was removed? The problem with switching to Tech Sights, TWS rail with sight, etc, is that pretty much anything designed to fit an AK, will be designed to work with an AK front sight, and not a custom installed HK sight. There may be a rail mount rear sight out there that will work with a TWS rail and line up with the HK unit, but you're looking at a bit of measuring and trial and error there, until you get something that works. The ideal would be to remove the HK front sight, and re-mount the S308 front sight post... But if you don't have that, they are basically made of unobtainium, not available anywhere unless you luck into a used one. If you can't convert back to the original FSB, and there is nothing off the shelf that will work with the TWS, you are then looking at getting something custom made. And I still say lose the cheese grater. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nailbomb 10,221 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 H&K front sights can be shortened to match the rear. should be a punch pin or similar holding the post in. sights rarely come out perfect when mixing and matching from different weapon systems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BearCreek 0 Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Here in the very near future I will have a .308 FSB available. I am removing it and threading for muzzle brake. Mine is scoped, so I'm not using iron sights. May be willing to sell or trade ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
longhorn03 10 Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I don't suppose you still have the original s308 front sight block that was removed? The problem with switching to Tech Sights, TWS rail with sight, etc, is that pretty much anything designed to fit an AK, will be designed to work with an AK front sight, and not a custom installed HK sight. There may be a rail mount rear sight out there that will work with a TWS rail and line up with the HK unit, but you're looking at a bit of measuring and trial and error there, until you get something that works. The ideal would be to remove the HK front sight, and re-mount the S308 front sight post... But if you don't have that, they are basically made of unobtainium, not available anywhere unless you luck into a used one. If you can't convert back to the original FSB, and there is nothing off the shelf that will work with the TWS, you are then looking at getting something custom made. And I still say lose the cheese grater. I did remove the rails just don't have an updated pic. Luckily this has a scope riding it for the forseable future. I'll figure something out, might just weld in a tear HK sight and buy another dust cover just incase. Muzzle break is on there permanently. So if I was going to change it up I would need to remove HK sight and weld ak sightsl back on... Somehow. Denton Tactical is not too far from me so I might give him a call for some ideas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fossten 1 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Mojo sight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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