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Quoted: I have a Bushmaster A2 Rifle and was wondering about mouting a scope and a red dot site on it.....
I am going to purchase the arms #39A2 mount.
I plan on mounting my red dot site on the lower portion to co-witness my iron sites. Would it be stupid to mount a scope on top of the carry handle part for longer distance shots? And use the red dot site/iron sites for closer targeting?
I have looked at pictures of what people have and have not seen a combo like this, so i didnt know if this was a stupid choice....
BTW the arms #39A2 mount, how does something attach to it? Just with weaver mounts?
Thanks, Josh
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Josh, Not trying to hijack your thread here but I had the same question, except I have the EOTech. People here kept telling me to use one or the other, but not both. I'm sure there's a way to have them both sturdily mounted simulatenously to an AR, but I haven't found the answer yet... If I do, I'll fill you in.
Someone had suggested the LaRue quick release system that way you can swap them out quickly and easily. They have these at gandrtactical.com. I'm contemplating this.
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With a properly configured A2 ya it's possible to securely mount both optics, but again, it;s about added weight. I can do everything, and yer not killing two birds with one stone, yer using two stones to kill two birds.
I use a red dot on one AR, and a 1-4 variable on the other. With the 1-4 power scope I can do anything from point blank, to 300yards and not have to worry about squat. With the red dot, well it's a little more complicated but not to much more so. It;s totaly a different tool for different jobs thing.
More than anything it's about being practical, and mounting a large red dot sight like an Eotech or an aimpoint, along with a traditional scope just are not all that practical. I won't call it stupid, because I have seen it, and it worked, and well if it's stupid and it works, it ain't stupid. But it just isn't all that practical. Also it's easier to do if you have a railed forend or railed handguards. Use the rail on the handguard to mount the red dot, but mount it high enough to co-witness. Than mount the scope on the carry handel with a mount that will allow you to still use the irons. now here is the problem. With the scope up that high you may need to use a cheek rest/pad whatever to get a propper cheekweld on the stock. If you want to go to the dot scope, that cheek rest/pad may make it difficult to use it. The gun I saw it set up on and check it out on was a standard 20in A2. As far as what I thought, I though it pontless. Like I said in the first post if you want to do something like that, look for a way to mount a optima 2000 type red dot to the scope itself, or on a rail on the scope. It's a small enough red dot that it should work ok that way because again it's a relativly small red dot.