snayperskaya wrote:One thing you may find is if you get a Weaver type mount that fits the Saiga side rail and then mount a scope on top of that you may find it sits uncomfortably high and you may not get a decent cheekweld.russian optics with the built in mount will give a more comfortable cheekweld because as the mount is integral with the scope itself they generally sit lower.Another thing is that because most Russian optics sit offset to the left they allow the ironsights to still be used with the scope fitted, so if your ironsights are zeroed correctly you have the best of both worlds.
Is your rear sight graduated out to 1000m or has it got the civilian sight thats only graduated to 300m?.If you have the 1000m sight it will have what looks like a letter "N", this is the "battle" setting and allows a centre mass shot from 0-300m without altering the sight setting (it roughly equates to a 300m zero).
Had thought of this, scope - rail + height, but just reckoned at 50m the original would be a bit over kill. I'm sure the scope started at 100/200-1000
The iron sights are 300m but will have to double check this...