Texas Weapon Systems Gen 3 Dust cover

16/02/12 at 9.55am   /   by Rob Ski   /   2 Comments

TWS Gen3Tomorrow will be -5F in the morning…It will be perfect day for testing Texas Weapon Systems Gen 3 Dust cover…smile emoticon
I have just finished my “custom” cheek riser work on it.
Scope is Primary Arms R – Grid. I will zero it at 100yds and i will have to dial it in 21.1 MOA on the scope for 500yds distance.
Link to scope.
Trajectory Data below for those who care, this is 7.62×39 HP, 123gr…wink emoticon
Range Drop Drop
(yd) (in) (MOA)
0 -3 ***
100 0 0
200 -5.4 -2.6
300 -22.4 -7.1
400 -55.5 -13.2
500 -110.7 -21.1
600 -195.6 -31.1

TWS Dog Leg Gen2 – Catastrophic Fail

14/08/25 at 8.51am   /   by Rob Ski   /   9 Comments

TWS Dog Leg Gen2 is popular option on US market to mount optics on AK rifles. However, after our tests, we can’t recommend Texas Weapons System Dog Leg Gen 2 to you guys. TWS railed dust cover suffered catastrophic malfunction during our test.TWS2 Because of this, weapon became unusable. When AK rifle can operate without dust cover, part of the requirement to install Dog Leg, is removal of original rear sight. In our situation, when the TWS system could be removed to continue to shoot, we would have no iron sights to rely on…hence our rifle became unserviceable at this point. In my opinion, all AK accessories, should easily survive drop from at least 6 feet on soft ground without taking any damage…It is my recommendation that all future generations of Dog Leg should have totally different / reinforced hinge system. It is beyond me, why some of the Alfa team members could be seen using this product…However, I do think that Dog Leg has a place to be used as range accessory, when you don’t need that much durability and environmental conditions are not a factor.
Please note that this is only my personal opinion. I also want to point out, that originally, Dima was clearly against using Dog Leg, because of his own experiences with it. However, I wanted to give it an honest and unbiased chance. I also want to give kudos to TWS for cooperating with us and accepting our challenge. I honestly hope to see and test Gen 3 at some point.

TWS Dog Leg Gen2 Video Review

Detailed pictures of damage

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AK 47 (AKM) / AK 74 – railed dust cover from TWS Dog Leg Review

14/08/11 at 11.43am   /   by Rob Ski   /   3 Comments

AK 47 (AKM) / AK 74 – railed dust cover from TWS Dog Leg Gen II is loaded with some advance features. It comes with “cam action” release button which converts recoil spring force to 3 times cover clamping force for consistent mount. Also, their unique “spring panel” was designed to draw cover to left side of rear trunnion – inward bent tab is adjustable for tension. Finally, locking mechanism in rear, tightly secures cover to the rear trunnion and it restrains motion in 3 axis for consistent “zero”. All this sounds great in the theory, but how was “Dog Leg: performing during our review?

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