Fishinfool
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The past couple years, I have started adding red dot optics to some of my handguns as traditional sights become harder to focus on (60 yo+ eyes).
Up until now, I have used rail mounted, rear sight dovetail mounted, and cut slide / plate mounts, with the red dot already mounted to the gun.
This past week, I bought a Glock G41 MOS. It comes with four different mounting plates. Glock includes an abbreviated list of what each plate is designed for, but not a list of the sights that will fit each plate.
After some Google-Fu, I found the info I needed (A Vortex Razor fits a C More Standard plate, but needs slightly shorter mounting screws that Vortex will send you, if you ask) Lots of confusion and some misinformation on the net though.
Found one website that layed it all out accurately and in detail, covering almost any conceivable sight / gun / plate combo, and I thought it might be of some help to members who are new to the red dot game on modern pistols. Link below
Footprints/Mounting Standards on Red Dot Sights - Optics info
Larry
Up until now, I have used rail mounted, rear sight dovetail mounted, and cut slide / plate mounts, with the red dot already mounted to the gun.
This past week, I bought a Glock G41 MOS. It comes with four different mounting plates. Glock includes an abbreviated list of what each plate is designed for, but not a list of the sights that will fit each plate.
After some Google-Fu, I found the info I needed (A Vortex Razor fits a C More Standard plate, but needs slightly shorter mounting screws that Vortex will send you, if you ask) Lots of confusion and some misinformation on the net though.
Found one website that layed it all out accurately and in detail, covering almost any conceivable sight / gun / plate combo, and I thought it might be of some help to members who are new to the red dot game on modern pistols. Link below
Footprints/Mounting Standards on Red Dot Sights - Optics info
Larry
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