Just got a new 7.62x54r Vepr. I tried to mount my 8x Psop and ran into a issue. when sliding the scope on to the mount rail It runs into the rear sight leaf. I cant slide it all the way forward, so its not properly mounted. Is there any Solution other than a new 300+$ scope?

I had the same issue with an M76 and a larger scope. There should be enough wiggle room to get it past the rear site, If you move the scope from left to right while looking down on it from above, you should notice a tad bit of play. This was enough for me to get it around the rear site. Pics might help also, b/c you may have an AK mount VS an SVD or other way around. I'm not an expert.

Nictra is right sometimes there is very little space to clear the rear sight when using an SVD mount on an AK pattern receiver like a VEPR or PSL. Worst case instead of buying a whole new optic you could swap the base out from SVD to AK. Costs about $30 or so at Kalinak though be aware the base is black not grey

Here's an example of how the SVD mount fits vs the AK mount on my old PSL

AK


SVD, barely cleared the rear sight (in fact was touching and left marks on the bell)





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hope thies help. and no there is no room to wiggle around.





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Yeah, the scope in the facebook like has an SVD mount. -See if you can return it and get one with the AK mount, which will fit the VEPR with no problems. (Amazon and kalinkaoptics both have them.