I'm an AK47 beginner and tried my new WASR-10 at the range today. I have every intention of keeping the AR15 as my primary rifle, but I got an AK47 just for the sake of diversity and broadening my firearms horizons.
Anyway... First, the front sight post on this gun came with it well to the left, probably as far as it'll go. The dealer suggested they may have sighted it in already so that it needed to be that far to the left. Clearly, this gun is not made with much precision, otherwise a zeroed front sight would actually be in the middle almost exactly. Having it off to the side makes it look odd... the arc thingies on either side of the post are lopsided because the post is so far to one side.
So, I tried it (with a front rest) just 35 feet in front of me, initially having the center/top of the front post on my target (while properly aligned with the rear sight). The elevation was OK but the bullets were hitting 3" to the left. I moved it to 75' and the bullets were hitting 6" to the left. The groups weren't too impressive either, but the glaring problem was clearly the bullets far to the left of point of aim.
I'm not sure how to adjust the front sight on this. I suspect you take a brass punch and hammer it in one direction from the dime-sized round part that's on the left and right side of it. But, the post is physically against the left edge of the area that it can move back and forth in, so I'm not sure I can move it any more left. Even if I could, it is already far enough left as to look ridiculous.
I had this idea to try firing the gun using the upper left corner of the post (rather than center) as the point of aim. (I can't believe how wide the front post is... makes accurate aiming rather difficult.) That worked! Now, my groups are reliably around where I am aiming.
Only problems now are:
1. I think it is kind of lame that I have to use the corner. Is that normal? It accomplishes the goal though. The sight picture is a bit painful too with the post not being centered.
2. The group is about 3" at 25 yards, and that is with a front rest. I'm by no means an expert but I'm not that bad. With an AR15 or 10/22, the group is reliably 1" or less at 25 yards using iron sights. With no rest, my group looks nearly identical to my groups with a 9mm Glock. I would really expect to be able to do better with a rifle than a pistol, but instead accuracy is about the same.
I'm also new to 7.62x39 so I'm not sure how much of this I can attribute to ammo vs. it being an AK47. I'll try this ammo in another gun and see what happens.
So, questions: Is there anything relatively simple/cheap I can do to improve the front sight, and the grouping size? AR15 is my main rifle so I don't need to do anything too much with this AK... just get it reasonable enough that it works as best you could expect it to work. I see why people say this has "minute of barn door" accuracy.![[laugh]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/012.gif "Laugh [laugh]")
It was otherwise fun enough to use, but improving it would be nice.
Anyway... First, the front sight post on this gun came with it well to the left, probably as far as it'll go. The dealer suggested they may have sighted it in already so that it needed to be that far to the left. Clearly, this gun is not made with much precision, otherwise a zeroed front sight would actually be in the middle almost exactly. Having it off to the side makes it look odd... the arc thingies on either side of the post are lopsided because the post is so far to one side.
So, I tried it (with a front rest) just 35 feet in front of me, initially having the center/top of the front post on my target (while properly aligned with the rear sight). The elevation was OK but the bullets were hitting 3" to the left. I moved it to 75' and the bullets were hitting 6" to the left. The groups weren't too impressive either, but the glaring problem was clearly the bullets far to the left of point of aim.
I'm not sure how to adjust the front sight on this. I suspect you take a brass punch and hammer it in one direction from the dime-sized round part that's on the left and right side of it. But, the post is physically against the left edge of the area that it can move back and forth in, so I'm not sure I can move it any more left. Even if I could, it is already far enough left as to look ridiculous.
I had this idea to try firing the gun using the upper left corner of the post (rather than center) as the point of aim. (I can't believe how wide the front post is... makes accurate aiming rather difficult.) That worked! Now, my groups are reliably around where I am aiming.
Only problems now are:
1. I think it is kind of lame that I have to use the corner. Is that normal? It accomplishes the goal though. The sight picture is a bit painful too with the post not being centered.
2. The group is about 3" at 25 yards, and that is with a front rest. I'm by no means an expert but I'm not that bad. With an AR15 or 10/22, the group is reliably 1" or less at 25 yards using iron sights. With no rest, my group looks nearly identical to my groups with a 9mm Glock. I would really expect to be able to do better with a rifle than a pistol, but instead accuracy is about the same.
I'm also new to 7.62x39 so I'm not sure how much of this I can attribute to ammo vs. it being an AK47. I'll try this ammo in another gun and see what happens.
So, questions: Is there anything relatively simple/cheap I can do to improve the front sight, and the grouping size? AR15 is my main rifle so I don't need to do anything too much with this AK... just get it reasonable enough that it works as best you could expect it to work. I see why people say this has "minute of barn door" accuracy.
It was otherwise fun enough to use, but improving it would be nice.
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