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Posted: 7/14/2013 11:32:12 AM EDT
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Awaiting the arrival of an Aimpoint Pro for my first AR, and looking for suggestions regarding mounting position. Some folks say as far to the rear as possible, others say further out towards the front sight etc. I would like some pros and cons from members.
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Mounting it as far from your face as possible has the advantage of increasing your field of view. You'll shoot with both eyes open and having the sight far away limits the sight itself from obscuring your vision. However, with the sight far from your face it can be hard to pick up the dot when you shoulder the rifle. Especially if you have the sight in a high, 1/3 co-witness, mount because you'll have to learn to keep your head up. Cheek weld isn't as critical with a red dot. There is a learning curve in going from irons to a red dot. Be advised, the PRO comes with a high lower 1/3 cowitness mount - which is a good thing, you just need to learn to use it.
For what it's worth, my PRO "crosses the gap" between the receiver and my free float hand guard and returns to zero (so well it's amazing) when removed and then reinstalled. |
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Mounting it as far from your face as possible has the advantage of increasing your field of view. You'll shoot with both eyes open and having the sight far away limits the sight itself from obscuring your vision. However, with the sight far from your face it can be hard to pick up the dot when you shoulder the rifle. Especially if you have the sight in a high, 1/3 co-witness, mount because you'll have to learn to keep your head up. Cheek weld isn't as critical with a red dot. There is a learning curve in going from irons to a red dot. Be advised, the PRO comes with a high lower 1/3 cowitness mount - which is a good thing, you just need to learn to use it. For what it's worth, my PRO "crosses the gap" between the receiver and my free float hand guard and returns to zero (so well it's amazing) when removed and then reinstalled. Thanks for the info....I was wondering about returning to zero once removed then reinstalled. Is it typical with most optics (depending on the mount of course) that you can remove and reinstall without impacting zero? |
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Mounting it as far from your face as possible has the advantage of increasing your field of view. You'll shoot with both eyes open and having the sight far away limits the sight itself from obscuring your vision. However, with the sight far from your face it can be hard to pick up the dot when you shoulder the rifle. Especially if you have the sight in a high, 1/3 co-witness, mount because you'll have to learn to keep your head up. Cheek weld isn't as critical with a red dot. There is a learning curve in going from irons to a red dot. Be advised, the PRO comes with a high lower 1/3 cowitness mount - which is a good thing, you just need to learn to use it. For what it's worth, my PRO "crosses the gap" between the receiver and my free float hand guard and returns to zero (so well it's amazing) when removed and then reinstalled. Thanks for the info....I was wondering about returning to zero once removed then reinstalled. Is it typical with most optics (depending on the mount of course) that you can remove and reinstall without impacting zero? Mount as far forward as possible on receiver. Optic will "ghost" out better and (not sure if i'm explaining this correctly) but it's also like having a longer distance between your front and rear sight,( carbine vs rifle irons). You'll even see some professionals mount them further forward on the rail. Yes. Zero will be maintained with a high quality QD mounts i.e. LaRue. |
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Mounting it as far from your face as possible has the advantage of increasing your field of view. You'll shoot with both eyes open and having the sight far away limits the sight itself from obscuring your vision. However, with the sight far from your face it can be hard to pick up the dot when you shoulder the rifle. Especially if you have the sight in a high, 1/3 co-witness, mount because you'll have to learn to keep your head up. Cheek weld isn't as critical with a red dot. There is a learning curve in going from irons to a red dot. Be advised, the PRO comes with a high lower 1/3 cowitness mount - which is a good thing, you just need to learn to use it. For what it's worth, my PRO "crosses the gap" between the receiver and my free float hand guard and returns to zero (so well it's amazing) when removed and then reinstalled. Thanks for the info....I was wondering about returning to zero once removed then reinstalled. Is it typical with most optics (depending on the mount of course) that you can remove and reinstall without impacting zero? A good mount will return to zero when indexed at the same point with the same torque. A good rail and good luck may allow it to return to zero when placed at a different location. BUIS allow you to make minor adjustments to zero if you move the red dot. It just has to overlay the front and rear sights on target the same each time. |
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I like a non-magnified optic to be as close to my eye as possible (larger FOV) while still leaving room for a rear BUIS. If I'm going to run a magnifier, it has to be all the way at the front of the receiver. It really doesn't matter, though, as long as you don't mount to the rail.
And I can tell you from hands-on experience, nothing is going to return to it's true zero consistently. I've played with about all of them, and the best you can hope for is something that returns within 1/2-3/4 MOA. For tactical applications, where you're shooting at larger targets at shorter distance, this is usually fine....for longer distance or precision shooting, you need to fine tune after you remount the scope/optic. |
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