Posted: 10/22/2016 9:14:29 AM EDT
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Hi guys and gals, I stumbled across the JP enterprises, or JPrifle.com, JPoint mount for Glock. It is simply a mounting plate that slides in where the rear sight goes. I was wondering if an RMR or something similar by Vortex would be compatible with this mount.
I am looking at something kinda quick and easy to see if I like a RDS before getting a slide milled and no one i know of in the area seems to have a RDS on a pistol. ETA, also, is the JPoint good to go? I've never heard of them before. Was actually looking at a Vortex RDS |
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There are 4 or more mounting footprints to the various sights. There are two screw holes that hold the sight to the base, and two to four "pegs" on the sight base that align with holes in the bottom of the sights. So no, each sight will have a unique footprint that may or may not work with a given base. There is some cross compatibility, but you need to check to be sure.
The Jpoint is a pretty solid unit. Especially to get the feel. The big downsides to the Jpoint are the small field of view through the "glass", and perhaps those who complain about losing zero when changing batteries. The Jpoint will go years on a battery, so I never worried about this. The other big neg on the Jpoint is that the "glass" is a polymer of some type, and will get nicked up by brass that is improperly ejecting. I have 3 or 4 of them. My first is still going strong, I purchased one along the way that would not zero. As a point of reference, I also have 3 RMR's, one STS and still have a couple of the older style Delta Points. On slides of 1911's and my Glock 41 MOS, I like all of the features of my RMR's, but I have the blinking problem with all of the RMR's. I have the correct sealing plate, and have used tape and RTV on the battery, but when shooting 45 Super's, I still get the short out. Not so much with 45 acps. My Jpoints held up just fine to 45 acp's, Supers and Rowlands on one of my 1911's. I have had all of these sights on a FA 454 revolver and S&W 625 with zero issues One additional note. The dovetail mount is a good way to get a feel for the concept, but as the sight is mounted so high, it takes a lot of practice to find the dot quickly. If you decide the concept is lacking because of this fact, keep in mind that a low mount with back-up irons fixes this. And if you do decide it is not a good fit, you can always toss the sight on top of any rifle with rails. Craig |
