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highcaliberprovider · January 7, 2010, 06:19 PM

I recently decided to revamp my old Romanian AK to make it more tactically efficient. No, I'm not discarding the wood, I'm refinishing it. I purchased a side mounted scope rail and a reflex sight. The problem is that i simply could not afford an Eotech. So, I went with a NcStar. I know you get what you pay for, but, that was my budgetary limit. I can not get the thing zeroed in. I broke the elevation screw on the first one and had to return it. Now I'm waiting on its replacement and certainly don't want the same thing to happen again. Does anyone have any advice for zeroing the sight? Is it simply that the side mount sits too high above the barrel to give accuracy?
I'm stumped here. I dont want to go with the forend mounted sight, I just don't like the eye relief.

January 7, 2010, 06:19 PM	#1
highcaliberprovider Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2010 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 143	need AK-47 reflex sight advice. I recently decided to revamp my old Romanian AK to make it more tactically efficient. No, I'm not discarding the wood, I'm refinishing it. I purchased a side mounted scope rail and a reflex sight. The problem is that i simply could not afford an Eotech. So, I went with a NcStar. I know you get what you pay for, but, that was my budgetary limit. I can not get the thing zeroed in. I broke the elevation screw on the first one and had to return it. Now I'm waiting on its replacement and certainly don't want the same thing to happen again. Does anyone have any advice for zeroing the sight? Is it simply that the side mount sits too high above the barrel to give accuracy? I'm stumped here. I dont want to go with the forend mounted sight, I just don't like the eye relief.