Russian PK-01v red dot first impressions

[snayperskaya]

I know there are a number of folks on here with Saigas etc so I thought I would share my newest arrival with you, the postman delivered it half an hour ago!!!.

It is a PK-01v red-dot sight made in Russia and is in use with various branches of the Russian military including Spetsnaz and OMON (Ministry of the Interior) troops.
It came complete with extensive instructions (in Russian), a small ballistics chart (again in Russian), a small packet containing a lens cleaning cloth, a small cleaning brush and a standard Russian sight adjusting tool all of which goes in the camo belt pouch that is also included.Whilst the instructions are in Russian the operation and adjustment of the sight are easy enough to work out without the instructions, especially if you are familiar with zeroing other scopes etc.
The sight itself features nice tight fitting rubber endcaps which fit into each other when the sight is in use, screwcaps on the battery compartment and the adjustment turrets which are all linked with thick nylon line and attached to the body of the sight so they can't get lost.
Unusually for Russian optics it runs on two 'AAA' batteries and on the other end of the battery compartment is the rotary switch for the dot which has ten settings for brightness and one for off, the switch is easy to turn when wearing gloves so fine for winter use.Also the clamping mechanism on the mount is slightly unusual in that it slides onto the optics rail and the latch fits into the cutout that is machined into the siderail on the rifle.It locks up positively and you will get zero creep under recoil so once the sight is zeroed you shouldn't have to touch it again.Another unsual feature of the mount compared to other Russian optics is that the mount is an offset (to the left of the bore, nothing unusual there as most Russian optics are offset to the left) Weaver mount.......but uses a special offset mount that sits the sight over the centre of the bore.It sits a lot lower than most Russian optics and will co-witness with the ironsights when the rear sight is in the '1' position, so if your irons are correctly zeroed it won't take long at all to zero the red-dot.

To sum it up its built like a tank, the glass is crystal clear and the dot is nice and clear with no blurring and at approx £150 plus postage it isn't going to break the bank......Infact where else can you get a mil-spec quality optic for that price???.Will give an update once I've got it on the range and set up.

[froggy]

Looks like it could take a beating ... Heavy ?
I know cleaning an AK is not an over-riding worry but , in your experience, do you have any zeroing issue when you remove the optic to clean your most beautiful fascist-slayer ?

[snayperskaya]

Its not heavy at all and when mounted the rifle is very well balanced so the additional weight is hardly noticed.With all the Soviet/Russian optics I've used I've never experienced a lose of zero when they have been removed and refitted, as the clamping mechanism locks to the rifles siderail in the same position every time.

[tkd67]

Looks the business, bet you can't wait to get to the range. Can I ask where it was sourced.
Would look nice on mine

[snayperskaya]

Looks the business, bet you can't wait to get to the range. Can I ask where it was sourced.
Would look nice on mine

Ebay of all places, search worldwide for Saiga scope.Came from a seller in Belarus and took a little over a week to arrive nicely packaged with loads of bubblewrap protecting it.

[tkd67]

Looks the business, bet you can't wait to get to the range. Can I ask where it was sourced.
Would look nice on mine

Ebay of all places, search worldwide for Saiga scope.Came from a seller in Belarus and took a little over a week to arrive nicely packaged with loads of bubblewrap protecting it.

Found it, and not a bad price, once used down the range put up a review, be good to see what you think

[Rearlugs]

Does it look like it can be detached from the side mounting and instead adapted to fit a normal centre rail?

I'd like to try putting the sight onto an AIA M10.

[snayperskaya]

Looking at it I think it would mount on a centre rail if you were to use a single 300mm ring but it would be trial and error to find a ring that fits around the body of the sight and not foul on the battery tube etc.

Froggy......it weighs 21.7oz complete and battery life is approx 500hrs

[tkd67]

With advice of rich and contemplating which scope / red dot, I decided to purchase from the east.
Ordered Friday and delivered Friday, can't argue with that. Red dot is awesome, really pleased with purchase and looks and feels top quality, due to work, the earliest is wed for the range.. mate for the heads up

[snayperskaya]

Glad you are pleased with it , delivery was quick.I still haven't got mine zeroed yet as I was at Sennybridge with the Dragunovs last weekend and I'm on tiling duties this weekend so I hope to get to my local club range next Saturday and get it sorted.