A Beginners Guide To Russian Side Mount Optics

[@GumbootsOnBackwards]

As a fellow canadian, you can follow the SKS "degassing" tutorials to improve extraction patterns. It makes it so a shell deflector is less of a requirement.

[@blurgb2590]

Excellent video. There are hardly any video guides this detailed about eastern europe / russian optics.

[@Droid_Behaviour]

I see a 1P74 Rakurs here, i have it, it’s a very effective optic, i love the look of the Rakurs :)

[@AlexsEquipmentCorner]

same here, love the Rakurs

[@Slingshotgixxer]

Just picked up the new Type 81 SR with the PO 4x24-1-01 scope , found your video very helpful in mounting and understanding the side mount scope cheers !

[@djy0tub3r]

Great video. Thank you for making this. Very high quality.

[@chownado3046]

Thank you for taking the time to make such a comprehensive video. There are few good resources to introduce people to this topic. Amazing collection of Soviet militaria. You mentioned a lot of advantages Americans have but i believe it is far easier for Canadians to get SVT 40 rifles than for Americans.

[@sequence-gaming4841]

I HAVE AN SVT AND THEY ARE AMAZING BUT. ID TRADE MY SVT FOR A DRAGUNOV ANY DAY

[@sadaway4301]

Damn that's a beautiful collection. Thanks for posting this I'm looking into optics on Kalinka for my 6.5x39 vepr

[@NeoWang1988]

that's really helpful, thank you to help us learn this things aboud ruassia side mount and optic

[@pwnzyouexpress]

Thanks for the tip about the shell deflector!

[@Kek.B.I]

PO might stand for Прицел Оптический (Pritzel Opticheskij) Which means Sight Optical.

[@3DVIDEOSMurray]

It certainly does.

[@Jacob-ti1zc]

I ordered a PO 3.5x17.5 from eastwave and a bp02 side mount.. should be here shortly

[@jesusmendez1177]

Get it yet?

[@notrstaff]

Love your video my favorite gun ever is the vss vintorez and as val I love the way the scope looks I Just wish I could own one in USA

[@michal9314]

i got a PSO 1with the ak universal mount for my airsoft RPK

[@AxelSpencer65]

I would love to see a video on how you modded your sks! that thing looks wicked!

[@TheCombativeChannel]

Is that a BARS gorka 4 or something else? Very complete video, I'm watching it in small parts to understand better, planning to buy my first ak, probably a saiga mkk105. GREAT VIDEO THANKS

[@IamFreeSpirited]

Hey man, is there gonna be an update on Sasha. I was happy to see someone doing some out of the ordinary sks builds. I have a few myself ill be posting

[@JulioGonzalez-yc2wu]

I've always wanted to know if the PK-AS is night vision compatible? I cant find any sources about it. Do you know if it is or not?

[@vgamedude12]

Saw the VAL and was so shocked I went down to read the description and saw it was airsoft lol

[@3DVIDEOSMurray]

They can look and feel very convincing.

[@jwj30000]

That Rs svd so gooood looks

[@hujatali9461]

Plz do a licture of zeroing draganov seperatly a very esy show in video and also explain shemras by meter target

[@johnharley7290]

Them sure are some nice looking airsoft guns

[@poopentruppen75]

Please; PLEASE, can someone tell me what parts he used for his SKS?

[@-Zevin-]

Really great and helpful video. One question, how have the optics held up overtime? They sure look like they are built like tanks, I'm just hoping they are as reliable as they look, I don't want to spend $300-500 only for the scope to fail, no warranty like you get with western stuff. I'm particular curious about the reliability of the red dots like the PK-A and PK01-VS.

[@AlienCatcher23]

I am really curious to see what TI brings for the Type 81 rifles... my math is not the best but as much as I love the concept of side mounts, I am a firm believer that a centred rail rather than an offset one is a better option to maintain relatively consistent POA/POI... keyword “relatively”.... with the bent trunnions on the T81 rifles it might still lead to a few inches of discrepancy at say 200 meters if youre zeroed at 100... on my old VZ58 I loved the low profile CSA side mount. Really hoping they make something similar for the T81.

[@3DVIDEOSMurray]

The Russian side mount system is pretty diverse. The right side rail on a Type 81 could allow the use of centralized mounts like the RS Regulate, the CZ low profile mount or optics like the Rakurs, PK series and PKA Venezuelan.

[@AlienCatcher23]

@@3DVIDEOSMurray I have discovered recently that I have a slight sgitmatism so red dots might be out of the question for precision shooting, not to mention it’s annoying looking at a dot that’s not crisp! Looking at prism sights nowadays... maybe something low power with a bit of eye relief.

[@random_32114]

what sks side mount rail do you have?

[@yakovbrod9992]

Can someone help me out. Which would would be the best for an SKS? I need something that takes AA battery. What would be the name for that?

[@Kalashnikov.762]

Just acquired a posp scope for my ak and I never thought about the height over bore as it is my first scope, what is your trick to aiming with scopes like these? feels like im doing something wrong with my chin weld.

[@davegravel882]

Could you give me the maker and model of your vz58 7.62x39 scope!!

[@vincentp.3573]

That was a good vid!

[@Hikikomori_ika]

I'm trying to put a PSO-1 scope onto an SKS. Or... planning to rather. I'm going to have a tapco stock, so how about would I go mounting a PSO-1 to an SKS? I know I need a separate dovetail mount to put on the SKS and then the scope, but I'm not sure what would be the right mount or how to even mount the mount on the rifle.

[@humansvd3269]

You need a side rail.

[@adam.pedzikiewicz1999]

Thanks for making this thoroughly informative video. Where do you source your svd style cheek pads? I can't find one anywhere, one that locks onto a hollow stock like at 4:39.

[@3DVIDEOSMurray]

Ive never be able to find a genuine SVD cheek pad either. Different vendors based in Russia do sell reasonable quality look alikes tho. That is what is seen in the video. They can be found on Ebay. Or my latest one was bought from 31rounds.com. To get them to fit ur stock properly, u may need to alter the metal latch.

[@djl5634]

@@3DVIDEOSMurray how did u do that SKS bolt release mod. Can u do a video on that?

[@shoppapa7238]

do you know if the universal mount would work on yugos Serbian patterns? The side mount Seems slightly different

[@John-mf6ky]

As far as I know, yugo mounts aren't interchangeable

[@Sandman21B6]

Is Airsoft still banned in Canada?

[@brogersmuzique7]

Do either of the two companies mentioned offer Yugoslavian-compatible side mounts?

[@veraciousthings1499]

Can you post a link for your camo jackets/bdu's, please?

[@michaeltaylor4613]

what type of mount do you have on your vz?

[@Balaclavaballistics]

Was that a weird VZ you shot?

[@TheChowster]

You have an AS VAL?

[@sgtpepper7925]

nice video

[@driftinsti]

which shell deflector is that on your POSP sights? I have one right now on my sks but it requires my front sight to hold it in place. Not great :(

[@heyuhmark2025]

I think BelOMO used to produce optics along with NPZ for the Soviet military before the USSR fell in 1991

[@humansvd3269]

They did. Their stuff is just as reliable in my opinion.

[@VLK-73]

I have a 4x fixed POSP scope coming in for my Type 81 later this week. I tried to read the Kalinka scope manual in advance, but I'm completelly confused. Maybe partly due to the fact that I'm very new to optics, maybe partly due to the translation errors, or I must be missing a key piece of information somewhere. There are actually 2 turrets, in each turret, that seem to need independent adjustment?? I fail to comprehend this. Isn't the whole point of having a recticle the fact, that you can compensate the range and bullet drop just by holding it at different holdover marks? Why then is there a range dial and elevation dial, that are separate from the traditional "click click" initial sight in adjustment turrets as we would see in western optics (I think)...lol Also, being that the scope will be likely sitting off the bore axis (most likely to the left), won't that create an issue, where the line of sight and the bullet path cross at some point eventually and the bullet will then drift to the right the further it goes? Or is that somehow related to the dual turrets? If you could help me shed some light onto this, I would vety much apprecciate it. Thank you for any replies in advance :)

[@3DVIDEOSMurray]

There are only 2 turrets. One elevation, one windage. The elevation one depending on optic model will have a BDC in increments of 50m out to like 1000m. It clicks between the settings. The windage turret is in .5 mrad per click (cus Russia is metric). With the removal of 2 screws per turret, the turret becomes 2 separately rotating pieces. This only serves the purpose of aiding in zeroing the optic. Once zeroed, these screws need to be tightened. By having the 2 separately rotating pieces, it allows the user to more finely zero the reticle beyond the .5mrad clicks. And when ur done, it allows u to set the BDC to the distance u zeroed at. This concept can be observed on many western optics as well. The Chevrons on the reticle differ between models. For the traditional SVD PSO reticle, they are only to be used once the BDC turret has been maxed out to 1000m. So basically they are for 1100m, 1200m hold over lol. Which is pretty useless. For other models they do represent 200m,300m etc. As for the offset. Depending on the optic model. The reticle may sit to the left of the bore. This does create the X pattern conundrum that ur referring to technically. But the extent to which this perpetuates down range is often exaggerated. Say the optic sit .5 inch to left of bore. U zero perfectly at 100m.... that means that the bullet hits .5 inches right of POA at 200m.... at 500m it hits 2.5 inches right of POA. 2.5 inches at 500m is pretty negligible considering the gun the optic is probably clamped to.

[@VLK-73]

@@3DVIDEOSMurray Thank you sir. This does make lot of sense. So the top black pieces of the turrets are just for fine tunning and the silver bottom parts are doing most of the work then? In theory, if one was to get lucky, the zeroing of the scope could be accomplished just by using the main silver parts without even having to loosen up the 2 screws..right? Also is it just me or is the direction of windage & elevation adjustments on the BelOmo Kalinka scope opposite to that of the traditional western scopes?

[@3DVIDEOSMurray]

@@VLK-73 u are right on all of those points. The Russian optics tend to refer to reticle motion rather then POI. So when the turret says "UP", or similar in a Slavic language. It generally means "move reticle up" haha. Which i agree is the opposite to most American optics. However not all Russian optic models are like this. When i zero my Russian scopes, i tend to twist the turrets while looking thru the optic. That way i dont need to decipher what units and directions the optic has.

[@VLK-73]

@@3DVIDEOSMurray Thank you for all thus info, as it is hard to come by. Have you ever heard of 1 meter calibration to be used in conjunction with the ranging feature on the bottom part of the recticle? According to my manual, that is exactly the case with my scope (unless it is a typo, but I doubt it because it goes on to explain, that if I imput 2 meter target instead, I'm supposed to divide the distance by two) I know you did mention in your video, that the hunting scopes might go as low as 1.5 meter (average dear size), but only one meter seems kind of strange?

[@3DVIDEOSMurray]

@@VLK-73 if the rangefinder is calibrated for a 1m object, there is a good chance that u bought an optic with a Siminov Reticle. This is a reticle designed for 7.62x39. Not sure why they went with 1m objects.... maybe that represents a wolf or something ? Idk. My 5x POSP has the same reticle, and its rangefinder is also for a 1m object. On the bright side, the Chevrons on a Siminov reticle do represent a 200m and 400m hold over. So thats kindov cool.

[@Aleval1512]

What's the best place to buy these optics and mounts in Canada?

[@axelord4ever]

ebay is usually the way to go for me, though there are various retailers that offer side-plates and mounts, their lineup is either pretty bare OR they only stock on the pricier kind or stuff for very specific guns. Heck, if you want to experiment a bit you can find airsoft-tier side-plates on aliexpress and/or wish for very cheap. Otherwise, you can find retailers or individuals willing to ship internationally and get them from Russian/Eastern Europe.

[@tokarevtt4932]

Do you like more Rakurs or Obzor optic?

[@jesussolis363]

How did u get a as val

[@kabanchan5768]

NEVER HAND OVER YOUR GUNS that you have left CANADA

[@sandwichartist5053]

My pgo7 only slides halfway on to my RPG7. Idk why. Any advice?

[@3DVIDEOSMurray]

Jiggle the cam lock a little bit as u slide it on. It may be catching on the rail

[@sandwichartist5053]

@@3DVIDEOSMurray it worked! Thanks!

[@adityaparam8736]

Dumb question, but were you the guy on the CZ forums a long time ago showing off their VZs they dolled up to look like other soviet guns? czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=40162.0

[@3DVIDEOSMurray]

Nope. Ive only ever owned one.

[@elementalstudioyt]

As you can see by Murray's talents that videography is his mojo, not pictures lol. But I have to admit, that fella has some nice toys. How long would you say has he been posting?

[@Balaclavaballistics]

Bro what did u do to your sks to get jt like that!? 😲

[@Balaclavaballistics]

Oh its a type 81

[@touofthehighplains]

Kalinka has nothing in stock right now.

[@mikespectre4153]

Larp on my Canadian friend. I dont even want to know the hoops you had to jump through to own these where you live.

[@MrJdog1987]

And I thought some American gun laws suck

[@ACP-GC]

Control the recoil better…. Making that x39 look like damn 7.62x51

[@this_deer_is_cursed213]

The sks looks bad change back to original form

[@farrahvee]

My husband is multilingual he can translate it

[@iamkronix3422]

So Russia and Belarus are good Allie’s and sometimes Russia designs these optics and has belomo fabricate them

[@gerardoacosta6957]

Is that an AS VAL/VSS? If yes... HOW?

[@jaredrobbins4440]

It’s one of the airsoft replicas he mentioned alongside the SVD; Don’t think anyone in the west owns one haha

[@LanOsb133]

@@jaredrobbins4440 multiple people own VSS/AS Vals state side

[@craposnap]

what stock is that on the SKS?