Quoted:  No, you're doing it right.  For unconventional shooting positions especially - and particularlly with a mini red dot like the Aimpoint Micro - to the rear is the most useful location.

I'm convinced that the propensity of red dots forward is due to monkey-see-monkey-do.  We see HSLD guys running 'em forward without considering that one good reason for that is that they use night vision goggles and/or they're using ACOGs, which have very short eye relief (necessitating mounting further forward).

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Having the RDS farther out also makes it more sensitive to head position. You can lose the dot easier if your eye is farther away. This is especially true of the smaller "windowed" Micro vs something like a M4 or M4s. The extreme version of this is using a Micro on a pistol; you really have to practice guiding your eye to the dot at full arm extension.

If you're talking about shooting urban prone or off your back, etc, then I'm not sure I'd want the RDS too far down the rifle because you'll be off cheekweld and often completely off the rifle with your face.

Then again, there's always the possibility that I'm doing it wrong.