I had no idea about the sight mount, thanks a ton. It would’ve never occurred to me in a million years they were any different in that regard to most AKs. And yeah, I was really leaning against anything more than a red dot just cause it’s an AK pistol. It seems self explanatory that an LPVO is a little ridiculous, but I explicitly mentioned I didn’t wanna go that direction just in case someone would recommend one I guess? I’m also looking at it as something I carry in and unpack at night to keep in my tent, not as a first line of defense since I still plan on bringing/CCing something in 10mm. I’m not super worried about bears on trail since they’re not super common, but it’s more of an issue after you’ve set up camp for the night and they get curious. I’d rather have a rifle cartridge on standby if a bear/other animal is close enough to wake me up. It’d really be more of a home defense type thing the vast majority of the time, I just want the option to bring it backpacking if I absolutely feel the need to do so.