#elcan

ELCAN

@bureau-of-mines's Romy RPK with a Rear-Biased AKM Master Mount and an EvolutionGear Elcan Specter Replica Honestly amazed with how well this setup worked out ergonomically - the mount had just enough rail estate to fit the Elcan, it puts it far back enough to alleviate the dreaded eye box, and it even has a really good height for a cheek weld.

Only thing that would make this perfect is if the recoil doesn't beat the tar out of the zero lmao

EvolutionGear Elcan Specter 1-4x Prism Sight

And now for the other item from EG; this one is all @bureau-of-mines's territory, as he was curious how well the EG ones would hold up and figured it was a good way to get a feel for the platform before dropping the insane cash on a real one, and it was easy to lump it in with my NGAL order.

I'll leave the final impressions to him, but figured I'd say my thoughts while I have it in-hand.

EvolutionGear in general definitely seems to be on the higher end of Chinese counterfeit optics/accessories, the fit and finish on this thing seems overall fantastic and just from holding it, I have very few complaints that aren't inherent to the Elcan Specter design to begin with.

Haven't looked through it enough to judge the glass clarity (I'm assuming at worst, it'll be 'meh') and obviously it's up in the air whether or not this thing maintains a decent POI/POA when we actually go shooting and attempt to zero it.

The first minor grumbles I have in regards to handling it is that the battery compartment is incredibly tight and I haven't managed to get it open just yet, but I'll figure out a good method later. The use of cotton twine as the dummy cord instead of steel cable is also bizarre to me. Another thing to possibly rectify later.

The throw levers are of the A.R.M.S. type, and I'm not entirely certain whether or not there's a way to adjust the tension, but it always seems like one is slightly looser compared to the other. The throw lever cams have also started to chew into the thin rail tensioning plates, but that's just an inherent thing with A.R.M.S. throw levers.

The last major thing I'll point out is the eye relief - true to the actual Specter, the EG clone has a sight window with an incredibly punishing eye box - you need to be right up this thing's ass to get a decent picture.

This is bad news for the sole reason that bureau-of-mines wanted it for his CETME L, but because the fixed rear sight gets in the way, the Specter doesn't sit as far back as it needs to for a good sight picture.

We could try putting a riser on it to push it back further, but that would break up the aesthetic, so kinda pointless at that rate.

This would probably work out much better on his RPK or any of his AR's, but that's up for him to decide later.

Also it came with a nice little pouch.

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