VforVandetta wrote:
While I myself have never run a dust cover mounted optic, I have heard several competitors say throughout the years that simply opening and closing the dust cover can cause a significant POI shift....
....Which is why I have never run a dust cover mounted optic.
Also, what FPS are those fiocchi's? I know they make some really really soft ones, which tend to have a trajectory like a rainbow. I would recommend something with a little more energy, like federal 1 oz 1300 or better yet 1400 fps. A flatter slug trajectory will benefit you at varying distances and will likely line up better with your bird shot pattern up close. The very low recoil ones also tend to work great until you are on the clock at a match. That's just my experience. Take it or leave it.
You have some options... I've always been the biggest fan of a scout mount on these.
By far the best is a Dissident Arms Ultra Low Sight Rail(Ding!)
http://dissidentarms.com/index.php/prod ... ight-rail/We mill out the factory sight base to accept a 1913 picatinny rail which is fuse welded into place by a master structural welder. Its the lowest bore axis you can get in a scout mount, and of course the most solid. If you really want to leave nothing to chance, then its the way to go.
The money you spend on It you will make back quickly by avoiding wasted trips to the range and associated fees, ruined matches from zero shifts, wasted ammo from re-zeroing slugs, blah de blah blah blah why do I talk.
There are other options too. You will find them in my old YouTube vids.
In the short term, If I were you, I would do nothing. Maybe buy a $25 Bushnell boresighter with 12gauge adapter and re-establish a rough zero at 15 yards in your back yard, and then don't open the dust cover before the match.
Better still, wait till the next match. Give yourself time to get your gear squared away. Take that time and money you would have spent going to the match to....blah blah blah blah blah blah.
The end.
-V
They are the 3 gun slugs, 7/8 oz @ 1300 fps, they should be good, it is possible that this barrel doesn't like them, but the gun is, if anything, overgassed and is pretty punishing to shoot the heavier loads (the brake should help).
Most matches go pretty light on slugs my man. Maybe 5 total, which includes enough for misses! Try the Federal tru ball 1 oz 1300 fps or 1400fps. I think you will like them. They shoot real nice. And yes the brake helps a lot. The hotter the load, the more it helps, as seen in my muzzle brake shoot around video with 3" turkey loads. They rocked my world with a bare muzzle, but when I put on the GK-02 I had at the time, I was shocked at how effective it was.I do plan to send the whole thing off to Dissident in the off season to have them recoat it, add the sight base rail and probably the left side charging handle and internal chokes. For this year though, I'll have to make due, the AlfaArms rail I tried was too big, (that was the subject of a previous thread), and although he got more in that were shorter in OAL, I didn't take him up on it, so I'm stuck with the dust cover for the remainder of the year.
We'll be waitin for ya. When its time, hit me up for a discount code.I wouldn't sweat it too much. Like I said, you might be on the hook for 2 or 3 actual slug hits during a match. Hopefully at big targets. So practice when you can, check your zero, check your optic and mount, and have a good time. If you miss you miss. Move on quickly and focus on the other 97% of the match. I thought the brake may have had some effect but it was such a large shift, it seemed like too much, I was hoping to take it off and on during a match since it adds weight and length and isn't necessary for the birdshot loads, but that might not be an option, apparently. I did not see barrel harmonics being as big a deal in a smooth bore, but I guess it's possible that the extra weight and change to gass pressure did make a change, I'll do some testing on that in the future.
I would encourage you to not take your brake off/on at a match. If you want a guaranteed way to add stress to your day and take your mind off the shooting, then by all means. You'll be on the hook for re-timing it correctly every time which might throw your POI all over the place if you don't. YES the brake will reduce your muzzle energy by as much as 80-100 fps, which will change the trajectory, and YES a brake will throw the windage off as well because it compensates for the inherent one sided recoil of the AK system. These are real, documented things. Get that brake on there, time it perfectly straight, and rezero. Practice, clean, and recheck your zero. Repeat. Be happy. Shoot fast and ride the wild boar into the sunset.I did just get the Dissident MLOK rail which I have to install AFTER the next match and I should be set for this year. Any idea if I can leave the upper hand guard collars on the gas tube or will they definitely interfere with the install?
Yes, them flanges need to come off. You can send us just the gas tube and we'll do it for $25 and make it real pretty.
http://dissidentarms.com/index.php/prod ... tallation/
With Sweet Russian Love,
-V
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