Apr 21 2005

Anti-Zombie Rifle Mark I

Published by Mugwug at 22:35:51 under Project: Anti-Zombie Rifle

Zombies beware!!Mike and I drove out to the range for some general shooting, and some Tactical SKS field testing. 140 rounds were fired through the project rifle, and the focus of this trip was the reflex sight and the modified stock.

Reflex Sight: Sadly this sight proved to be entirely inadequate for the project. The sight itself would shift left and right by approximately 1mm (shifting the POA 1 foot to the left or right). I am not sure if this is a defect with the entire line, or with this unit specifically. This sight will be used for something else, the Barska Reddot has been mounted in its place.

Stock Modifications: The stock modifications held up perfectly. The rifle is comfortable to shoulder, and easy to fire. The pistol grip addition held without tightening and remained locked in position for the duration of the shoot.

I forgot to mention that an unexpected event was the Williams Firesight coming apart, the fibreoptic strand shook itself loose and fell out of the front sight post. Not a major malfunction (especially as I noticed and recovered it), and it has been epoxied back in place. It will be something I’ll have to monitor for future runs.

At this point I think we can officially say that one final test remains. With the reddot sight reinstalled we have to try this rifle for accuracy and see if this series of modifications have improved or degraded the accuracy of both the rifle and the shooter.

6 Responses to “Anti-Zombie Rifle Mark I”

  1. # Malfeuson 22 Apr 2005 at 21:41:52

    Maybe there’s a way to glue or mount the reflex sight down (to a less prestigious gun) so that it cannt be snapped on and off the rail. It’ll end up a permanent fixture and can only be removed by replacing the sight rail, but it’ll be stable. I have a cheap-o sight rail for an AR that might work.

  2. # Mugwugon 22 Apr 2005 at 22:27:06

    Nah, the problem isn’t the sight base, its the sight itself. Where there is a small gap between the sight and it’s base, theres some sort of gap (space used for the elevation adjustment?) that allows the sight to sway. Strange really, you’d have thought they’d have considered that..

    Doesn’t really matter, I’ve had the red dot on there so long I’ve become quite accustomed to it.

  3. # Malfeuson 23 Apr 2005 at 15:10:34

    Bummer, I though it was the catch where you snapped it on to the rail.

    Ted project?

  4. # Mugwugon 23 Apr 2005 at 16:48:23

    Nah…. I’m not too interested in improvising a repair on the thing, the red dot works just as well (although it doesn’t have the fancy multiple reticles thing), and it’s proven itself to be a solid scope (it’s also easier to remove).

    just took the entire rifle down tonight for a good cleaning, and it’s a bit of a nuisance. Am going to have to see about chopping that rail down so I don’t have to remove the optics to clean the rifle. Gonna take a bit of fiddling to get that right….

  5. # Patrickon 24 Apr 2005 at 04:04:16

    Good pic Mon! I can just see you gettin’ ready to do damage to the undead or at least the “less than alive!”

  6. # Mugwugon 24 Apr 2005 at 04:08:22

    Thanks Patrick, not bad for an SKS, even if I do say so myself….

    -GRIN-