AK Optic

[Zak Da Mack]

Ian, I'm not going to lie, that first sight has definitely grown on me. Contradicting my first post, I actually quite like it

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Then you must be as mad as Ian. It looks horrible as it doesn't fit in with the curves of the gun and make it silly. But personally, I don't think you can have an optic on an AK (apart from maybe a PKA-S if you're lucky) Sorry, for offending (the rest of) your sexy looking AK Ian I don't know why, but in recent months, I've found myself appealing more to the Russian stuff than the western stuff now. It's just so much more cooler

 

[Chock]

I don't think you can have an optic on an AK (apart from maybe a PKA-S if you're lucky)

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In airsoft there is a reason to have an optic on an AK, since the externals are largely cosmetic, thus with similar internals to other weapons, an airsoft AK47 can be as accurate as any other rifle, but in terms of a realistic - or even aesthetically pleasing - look, I completely agree that an AK looks preposterous with an optical sight on it, it's just not what the AK47 is about. It looks about as right as putting a telescopic sight on a shotgun would.

The AK47 is an assault rifle - it was never intended to be a super-accurate weapon, it's designed to be operated by troops with limited training, specifically for peppering fire at the bad guys to keep their heads down whilst your comrades move up into grenade tossing range, - i.e. it is a rifle for making an assault with. In fact, in Soviet doctrine, the AK is pretty much regarded as a disposable weapon if need be, which is hardly the thing you'd do if it had, and could make use of, an expensive optical sight. Even the SVD, which was designed to use an optic, was never regarded as something which would always make one shot kills, that's why the Soviets made the SVD a semi-automatic weapon. At the time the SVD was considered unusual by Western analysts for what they regarded as a 'sniper rifle', when in fact it is - and always was - a squad marksman's rifle rather than a sniper weapon, intended to be deployed in fairly large numbers at section level. The Soviets have always been pragmatic realists when it comes to their military, well aware that intricate plans almost always go awry the moment the shooting starts, thus their doctrine is about fielding large numbers, ease of use, ease of production, and weight of fire. It's rarely, if ever, been about pinpoint accuracy.

Putting an optical sight on an AK is like putting a set of spoilers on a milk float.

 

[Sitting Duck]

well as my loadout is simply jeans n trainers I am trying to chuck together a few ideas/options for a scope

of any sort on my AK & SVD I bought

yup not very authentic maybe with the scopes I may use but I don't care, end of the day it is the owners

gun and their decision/right to fit anything they like on there - sure it may not be the real deal but this airsoft

I don't worry too much - I'm here to have a bit of fun and hopefully shoot a few peeps before I get owned.....

maybe I will get a more authentic looking scope in the end but for now will just use anything I got lying around

and see how these AK's & me get on - longer barrel bigger mags than M4's - gotta have some respect for the AK

(can see why these cheapo ugly old choice of terrorists weapons often give the M4's a run for the airsoft money)

 

[Chock]

True enough. Eye of the beholder and all that, and of course anyone can put anything they like on their gun, because it is their gun

 

[Zak Da Mack]

Never serious they can't. Just giving my opinion on optics on AKs. Ain't gonna stop them (though I wish I could)

 

[Ian_Gere]

And yet the Kobra & PK1 etc exist as real steel sights... because the AK-74 is no more nor less accurate on average than any similar era assault rifle and the modern variants, the 103-4-5's are high spec modern weapons. However, a red dot is not about accuracy anyway, it is about speed of target acquisition.