TechSIGHTS in the Yugo SKS

My goal today was to test out my new TechSIGHTS on the SKS and some new loads for the 44 Magnum. I'm also still testing the peep sight I installed on the Henry last fall. I started with shooting the SKS.

My daughter bought me an SKS bipod for Christmas, and this was my first opportunity to try it out. Usually when I'm shooting my SKS from the bench, the bayonet always seems to be in the way. It's like trying to stand up straight on the blade of an ice skate. The bipod gave me much more stability and it's also nice that the rifle remains upright when loading in the stripper clip or when I want to walk away from the table. For an inexpensive bipod, I was very happy with it. This was also my first opportunity to test out the TechSIGHTS.

I'm nearsighted and have been needing an eye exam for some time now, so it was immediately obvious that it was much easier to quickly acquire my target with this sight system. With a peep sight, you basically forget there's a rear sight and simply deal with the from sight post. That part of the system worked great. If you read my SKS page, you'll see that I bore-sighted this rifle in with my LaserLyte green bore sighter. That's why I was amazed at how far off I was shooting. My groups were similar to those using iron sights, but I was hitting about a foot above my target. I found that without sight adjustment tools, this sight is very difficult to adjust, so I recommend ordering the inexpensive adjustment tools when you order your sights. This will be an easy fix once I get the tools. The sights remained good and solid, which is an important issue with the SKS configuration since most SKS sight systems I've tried tend to 'walk'. My next test will be removing the rear sight to clean the rifle, and reassemble it to see if it stays on target. I'll need to sight it in before I can conduct the test. I expect to have that report up in a few weeks. I always have to laugh when it's time to pick up cases after the shoot, which are usually 3 tables away...

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