First, let me say that I read all the online reviews about this product. I suspect now, having seen it first hand, that many of you could have gotten away without filing this piece down as listed in many reviews. I pulled this out of the box this weekend after setting it aside for a few weeks after purchasing several firearms and not feeling an upgrade to my SKS was a priority.
When I attempted to put this product on, it wedged into the upper assembly and stuck and would not go into place. I even told my g/f that I was probably going to have to grind it down like on so many of these reviews. I fiddled with it several times, attempting to get the points of the assembly to slide under the slots on the side of the upper receiver assembly of my SKS, but no luck.
Finally, I decided that my SKS wasn't fragile and even if I broke it, I was only out a few hundred bucks at the most. I smacked the back end and it slid right into the assembly and I locked it into place, mounted the scope and headed to the range. We only took one box of ammo out, so I didn't get to play with it as much as I would have liked, but I mounted a Leupold 3x9x50 scope on the mount, which is way too much scope for an SKS but it worked great as a spotting scope for the other guns we shot Sunday.
This product is solid and very well manufactured especially considering the weapons these mounts were made for are not exactly the most precision firearms ever made. Great product. I'd buy another if I had 2 SKS rifles. Overall it made a fun shooting rifle into an even more fun rifle. ;)
| Item Package Dimensions L x W x H | 5.3 x 2.5 x 2.2 inches |
|---|---|
| Package Weight | 12.8 ounces |
| Brand Name | SKS |
| Manufacturer | MATT |
