Hi again Axeman;
Some more thoughts and personal opinion.
"I like high capacity semi automatics"
There's the key, right there! You like 'em, it's a free country, and you can own what you like. Rifles are a great hobby in themselves, even within the bigger tent of all things connected with the shooting sports. And rifles can be done in so many different ways.
"The dot alone on the Aimpoint Micro for the Saiga is 4MOA."
I didn't realize that they covered that much target but I confess to being unfamiliar with that type of sight. Still, you will shoot a much tighter group than 4 MOA with a good rifle even while using that sight. The dot is an aiming reference.
My AR 15 still wears the factory sights it came with, an aperture rear sight with a front post. That front post looks huge when superimposed over a target 100 yards away and probably covers 4 inches of it. From the bench rest though the rifle will shoot 1 1/2-inch 5-shot groups at 100 yards with good ammunition. Feed it Sierra's 52 grain match bullet in a good handload and it can do 1 1/4-inches if I'm in a good shooting humor, something that can't be guaranteed on any given day.
The dot sight will be superior to the sights on my rifle because the dot sight places the aiming reference and the target on the same focal plane.
"I have actually decided on both these specific designs for too many reasons to list but primarily because of their intended use."
Do you feel you could do well with a good AR 15 and your chosen sighting equipment and get to know it over several range outings? It might be surprising what the rifle can do, even before all the customization commences.
"The dual stage trigger would help my accuracy..."
Yes, and that might be the most important single improvement you can make to a new rifle, even more so than the type of sights. I'm a nut over a good trigger. Which is odd because I have the most boring AR 15. It'd dead stock and even the trigger has never been reworked or upgraded. I don't care for its trigger pull but it's manageable. I've just never gotten around to doing anything about the trigger pull as I should. Perhaps I don't take the rifle seriously enough.
That Siaga is an Kalashnikov-based design if I'm recalling correctly. I've never owned any variant of an AK but have heard glowing things about their reliability and have shot others' rifles on occasion. The AR 15 is a more refined design, if a bit odd with it's direct impingement gas system. It's only my opinion that it's odd but it does seem"foul the works" more than other designs. Still, it's been with us for 50 years now so must be considered to have proven itself.
I'm not the best for recommendations of the latest and greatest guns and gear. I mostly admire firearms designs that are even older than I am being more into blue steel and walnut than current firearms manufacturers' offerings. That's why this shaving with vintage safety razors has an appeal to me.
I'm not so old that I find the thought of straight-razor shaving appealing though. I view shaving with a straight razor much as I view the muzzle loading enthusiasts of the shooting hobby; more power to 'em but it's just a little more primitive than I care to experience.
Some more thoughts and personal opinion.
"I like high capacity semi automatics"
There's the key, right there! You like 'em, it's a free country, and you can own what you like. Rifles are a great hobby in themselves, even within the bigger tent of all things connected with the shooting sports. And rifles can be done in so many different ways.
"The dot alone on the Aimpoint Micro for the Saiga is 4MOA."
I didn't realize that they covered that much target but I confess to being unfamiliar with that type of sight. Still, you will shoot a much tighter group than 4 MOA with a good rifle even while using that sight. The dot is an aiming reference.
My AR 15 still wears the factory sights it came with, an aperture rear sight with a front post. That front post looks huge when superimposed over a target 100 yards away and probably covers 4 inches of it. From the bench rest though the rifle will shoot 1 1/2-inch 5-shot groups at 100 yards with good ammunition. Feed it Sierra's 52 grain match bullet in a good handload and it can do 1 1/4-inches if I'm in a good shooting humor, something that can't be guaranteed on any given day.
The dot sight will be superior to the sights on my rifle because the dot sight places the aiming reference and the target on the same focal plane.
"I have actually decided on both these specific designs for too many reasons to list but primarily because of their intended use."
Do you feel you could do well with a good AR 15 and your chosen sighting equipment and get to know it over several range outings? It might be surprising what the rifle can do, even before all the customization commences.
"The dual stage trigger would help my accuracy..."
Yes, and that might be the most important single improvement you can make to a new rifle, even more so than the type of sights. I'm a nut over a good trigger. Which is odd because I have the most boring AR 15. It'd dead stock and even the trigger has never been reworked or upgraded. I don't care for its trigger pull but it's manageable. I've just never gotten around to doing anything about the trigger pull as I should. Perhaps I don't take the rifle seriously enough.
That Siaga is an Kalashnikov-based design if I'm recalling correctly. I've never owned any variant of an AK but have heard glowing things about their reliability and have shot others' rifles on occasion. The AR 15 is a more refined design, if a bit odd with it's direct impingement gas system. It's only my opinion that it's odd but it does seem"foul the works" more than other designs. Still, it's been with us for 50 years now so must be considered to have proven itself.
I'm not the best for recommendations of the latest and greatest guns and gear. I mostly admire firearms designs that are even older than I am being more into blue steel and walnut than current firearms manufacturers' offerings. That's why this shaving with vintage safety razors has an appeal to me.
I'm not so old that I find the thought of straight-razor shaving appealing though. I view shaving with a straight razor much as I view the muzzle loading enthusiasts of the shooting hobby; more power to 'em but it's just a little more primitive than I care to experience.
