I hope this is appropriate, and I will be seeking vendor status once we go to production. My buddy and I have been working on developing a “no-compromise” optics mounting system for the Kalashnikov family over the past couple of yrs. It’s been killing me to keep mum, but we didn’t want to fall into the old trap of getting people excited and then pissed off when it inevitably took a long time to come to production. Well, that time is near. So, come see us at the Military Shooters booth @ the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot Oct 12-14th. Skunkwerks “13” is our commericial identity. We’ll have several developement mules available to experience our system.
I’ll be posting pics up next week for those who are unable to attend this weekend. I got some really good shots of the first developement mule while getting both the irons and T1 dialed in today in the rain. Yes, they do co-witness.
Here’s a few pics I took before we left for the Creek. I’ll get some pics of my partners AMD w/RMR and my .223 Saiga w/Leupold VXR-Patrol 1-4 soon. Patent applied for. We currently have 7 inserts ready for production w/more in the works. All you have to do to change optics is pop the dust cover, pull the pin and remove the insert to exchange for a diff. one.
We’re looking at placing a purchase order w/in the next couple weeks w/the defense contractor that is machining these parts for us. Keep in mind when looking at pics, that is a test mule. Production parts will reflect minor tweaks and actual production finishes. Black oxide on the base and mil-spec hard coat anodize on the aluminum inserts.
Here’s some of my .223 Saiga I converted. Wearing both a Leupold VXR Patrol, and also with the short rail insert. We’re using Larue rings so any scope size can be accomodated.
The base replaces the original rear sight block. Really a simple press and pin installation, per the original part. Less than an hr. job for any competent AK smith. This is a no-compromise sighting solution for the Kalashnikov family of weapons.
We were in the perimeter sheds. My Dad had a Military Shooters banner outside his booth. I was really trying to minimize my impact on his ammunition business. Which honestly wasn’t a prob. we almost sold out Fri., so late Fri., Sat., and Sun. we could focus on our stuff. I’m really sorry you didn’t get to experience it first hand.
Thanks for all of the Kudos so far guys. We’ve really been working very hard at making this the best solution for AK optics to date. My partner is a mechanical engineer with the uncanny ability to extract this stuff I see in my head(scary place:lol:) and turn it into CAD files we can work with, and then fine tune from there.
