Re: Need an optic for Hungarian AMD65
part 4.
what scope for AK below $500? in reality there's about a thousand that you can choose,you just have to know what you want or what's important to you. however,if you want to avoid junk scopes,that can be trickier in the low price range. here are a few options but in the end it's up to you.
some AK fans like the russian scopes. if you go to kalinkaoptics.com you'll find many scopes to choose from,including some that have the simonov 400m reticle that is specific for 7.62x39,although you can use the 1000m dragunov reticle with 7.62x39 too,even though it was made for 7.62x54. both of these reticles have the best,simplest,quickest and easiest rang-finding capabilities you'll see anywhere compared to any reticle in any other scopes from any make regardless of price.
the optical qualities of these russian scopes tend to be fairly good with pretty good image quality and the knobs tend to track true and overall quality is also fairly good and some have knobs that actually look REALLY good and have return to zero,just find the one you like and withing your budget. they also look "correct" on an AK,especially from the collector view point. imo,4x or 5x magnification is good enough for 7.62x39 with maybe 6x good enough for 5.45x39. overall russian optics tend to be pretty tough and rustic looking.
however,i do take a couple of issues with these russian scopes. first,they all tend to sit really high,so bye bye cheek weld unless you use a cheek riser and even then it may not be enough(by the way,amd65tech.com makes a tough cheek riser which you'll want if you have the wire stock and want a cheek weld to use with a scope anyway,but it won't compensate for a really high mounted scope). second,the technology they use tends to be a few decades behind,in fact,some of their technology is based from older german optics technology which they have advanced BUT,don't let this fool you,it doesn't necessarily mean squat if it works for you better than another(western)scope and actually some of their optics are really rather advanced and even offer some advantages(rakurs,kashtan or PK-AS for example with tritium insert which make them day/black night/green useable and/or lenses with a prism effect that will give you an incredible FOV,all you see is the really wide FOV and a small,black,thin ring(scope body) and your target,..very nice). third,and this is my biggest gripe,they have a poor warranty,..sure,if it breaks when you buy it they will take care of you but what about 1 year down the road,or 2 years,5 years. basically your SOL.
end of part 4.