Russian PK-01v red dot first impressions
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:53 am
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.
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.
mate for the heads up 
