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    Posted: April/28/2009 at 14:25
I've scoped more than a few ARs in my days, but never had to mount an optic on a setup like this.





The rear-site ap makes mounting a traditional EoTech a problem, and would allow an Aimpoint or the like, but only on a cantilever mount.  Anyone ever put one on this upper or similar?

I really like the rifle, mine has a few niceties added on, but I didn't think the rear site ap would be the problem it is proving to be.  Mine has a full-length rail, I could put an Aimpoint WAY out front, but don't like that prospect as much.

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May have just answered my own question, the mounting platform is a "Dominator2 EoTech mount", I guess maybe an EoTech would work.


Still any experience with (or photos of) your mounts?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dale Clifford Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April/28/2009 at 16:31
looks like the set up was made to co-witness without many options. getting a sight picture over the irons would require a cheek riser.
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Maybe.  The piece is made specifically for an Eotech, I think.


It is a bolt-on piece, I guess I could take it off and get rid of it, have a full rail, add a pop-up rear ap.  That might be my route.
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 I'm lost. The Spec sheet  says it's a 'one piece UTE2 Upper receiver', but you say it's a bolt-on piece?

 It looks to me as though the aperature housing is integral to the upper, is it not?

 I agree with Dale that it was designed to co-witness with one of possibly several different red-dot type optics.

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It is a bolt-on piece, here is the pic of the piece, and now I see it is not compatible with the 557, dammit!



It was designed to cowitness but limits mounting options.  I could put an Aimpoint on it with a cantilevel but the aimpoint would need to come off to use the irons, so no value of cowitnessing.


I've got an old 511, I'll strap it on and see where the reticle falls and if I want to stay with Eotech or go Aimpoint.


I like the concept of the rail, and I might like the execution, I gotta see where the Eotech sits.











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 I'm STILL dumb.

 That  mount is way different than the one shown in the spec sheet in your first post. It even says... 'seven slots'..., the carbine pictured in the spec sheet has ten?

 (I can't help you either way; I just hate feeling stupid because I don't understand something!.) Whacko

 

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Run it old school.  Irons baby irons.
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Originally posted by Mithran Mithran wrote:

Run it old school.  Irons baby irons.


Irons never run out of batteries!

I was talking to a guy a served with many years ago, he was Motor T ("If you can't truck it, f*ck it", he'd always say.  His point was similar, "We were hitting every time at 500 yards with open sites and a gun that rattled when you shook it, what the hell do you need a scope for?"
I reminded him how freak'in huge that Dog target was.

I like irons, but for my home defense gun, a scope puts me on target faster and in more diverse conditions.

You are right on the upper, it is different.  Mine is a rail covered by the Dominator - which makes me happy, the damn dominator might be coming off soon.
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I just got my M3 with LaRue mount, will post pics.

The rail (Dominator) was made for Eotech co-witness, the mount puts it too high to cowitness, so I got the QD.  If I need irons, the Aimpoint can be off ricky tick.

Thanx for all the help.

And if anyone wants a Dominator mount (anyone running an EoTech on a flat-top), let me know.
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