MG3 AA Sight on 53 Shroud
MG3 AA Sight on 53 Shroud
Ugggghhh! Just picked up MG3 sight and looks like it's about a mm or so from retaining pin holes lining up. Is this normal for an M53 shroud? Don't want to drill out the receiver sight box holes to make it line up. So I guess options are to drill out MG3 sight holes (not much metal to work with there) or remove some metal from the unfinished shroud hole where the AA sight hook catches......to allow AA sight to slide forward a little further. Any recommendations? Thanks.
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Re: MG3 AA Sight on 53 Shroud
HKARAK, My mg3 AA sight needed some fitting also for an m53 shroud/base. Just a little radius on folded over tab edges. Real issue arose once holes lined up. The straight pin included with AA sight interfed with stock Yugo sight. Wouldn't allow sight to go down. Had to turn center of pin down in lathe to provide clearance for ladder sight. Maybe the mg3 ladder sight available from RTG has clearance on bottom to avoid this. Good luck, RR
Re: MG3 AA Sight on 53 Shroud
Thanks RR! A little filing on the back edges of the hook tab did the trick. Removed metal from center of long pin so sight could fold down so all good. Thanks again!
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Re: MG3 AA Sight on 53 Shroud
Glad to hear that it worked out.
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Re: MG3 AA Sight on 53 Shroud
good info here---I had the same question-seems like an easy fix
thanks for the info.
Waffen
thanks for the info.
Waffen