[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Rear sight notch offset

Posted: 8/25/2008 8:24:03 PM EDT

I was looking at my AKS-74 this evening and I saw something I haven't noticed on an AK before, and I haven't seen it mentioned...so I apologize if this is commonly known already. The notch in the rear sight is offset to the left. This is in the same direction I had to move the front sight to zero, so with the rear sight notch centered the front sight would likely end almost perfectly centered.

Is that normal for the rear sight notch to be offset? Typical AK tolerances? I'm talking about the notch being offset on the leaf, not the leaf being off center. I'm just curious, because the notch is centered in the leaf on all of my other AK's.

Posted: 8/26/2008 11:10:40 AM EDT

[#1]

Strange one.
I've never seen an AK with the notch cut off-center.

Posted: 8/26/2008 11:15:04 AM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
Strange one.
I've never seen an AK with the notch cut off-center.

Neither have I. Weird.

Posted: 8/26/2008 12:25:28 PM EDT

[#3]

Unusual, but not unheard of either. Since your front sight needed to be offset in the same direction to zero, I'd be on the lookout for a different rear sight leaf...

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Rear sight notch offset

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Rear sight notch offset

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Rear sight notch offset