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Originally Posted by Ram Rod
I guess that would depend on your definition of "decent". I've never had a side mount scope, but I'm sure you could zero it on target without the need for hold over. On an AK type rifle, I don't think a scope is even necessary. If I had to have some kind of optic on an AK rifle, it would more than likely be a 40mm red dot of some sort and should still be very effective out to 100yds. But I might search out some form of top mount system unless the AK was already fit with a side mounting system. Just my opinions.
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My SLR-101 came with a side-rail already on it. I figure unless side-mount is utter garbage, I might as well use what I've already got rather than spend money (that I don't have
) on reinventing the wheel...or the rail, as it were.
I like the idea of a dot. Only problem is, in a fecal matter hits the air circulator scenario, how long do batteries for laser mounts last? By contrast, scopes would last forever assuming you treated them gently and didn't crack a lens.
I am trying to keep it very low tech, which is why I got the AK in the first place. As much as I hate Communism, they are insanely good at mass-producing stuff that can be fixed with a pack of matches, a rubber band, and paste. No seriously, I recall in the Planet Earth BBC series that the folks who were tracking down Gobi Desert camels were driving a Soviet-made truck, and they took a box of scrap metal and a blow torch with them so that if it broke down, they could jeryrig parts on the go.
I swear I could replace any of the major parts in my AK with hand-made stuff. I'm sure it would drastically reduce the accuracy and firepower, but I bet you money I could get the thing to still fire in a pinch, and that is pretty snazzy.
So unless laser mounts run off those little disc batteries that somehow seem to last until the cows come home, then I don't know that I'd be interested.