@@richardrolison9932 You can but if you have them apart in the same place at the same time the ATF may or may not believe it to be constructive possession. Stupid? Yes but that's the ATF for you.
Right? Good info, real people, no nonsense, no hype or "bro science". Right in the heart of America and they support the 2A unlike other sporting good stores that are just in it for profit.
Good video and this is a really stand up company. During the 48 hours that buying ammo online was legal this past month I placed an order with Brownell's. Then the ninth circuit court made it illegal again and they easily could have played it safe and canceled my order as it hadn't been shipped yet, but they still sent it to me.
@@organicmetal6850 believe me, many of us would at the drop of a hat but I cannot make the sort of money I make in California anywhere else. Retirement goals maybe...not to mention your dollars will go a lot further elsewhere.
andy lambert well maybe with a conservative majority in the SCOTUS we can claw back our rights to a federally consistent model. Looks like we won the war on the magazine ban tho...
As soon as I got my red dot sight for my tactical 12 gauge bullpup shotgun, I installed it where it looked like it should be.. right smack in the middle,, half way between the but and the muzzle. I bought the one with the riser base so I didn't have to force my cheek to the but. I set it up to zero at 25 yards with a rifled slug shot. I added a red laser sight out in front of the red dot sight, and zeroed it for about 8 yards. This way I have close range accuracy with the laser and long range accuracy with the red dot sight. Last I installed a flashlight on the right rail, forward of the laser. It also acts as a close range sight, as the buck shot pellets all land within the circle made by the light beam. Easy as pi.
Underrated pro comment! People have to consider what they are using their guns for and there is no overall setting for an optic. This is an out of the box mindset, very impressive to read!
Mounted toward the rear makes it a slight bit faster but harder and slower to shoot at anything that's moving. Mounted forward is the opposite, a bit slower but good for moving targets. Think of a skeet or trap shotgun with a bead sight out on the tip of the barrel, you can hit fast moving things very quickly and with ease. So with red dots it's best to have the sight out away from your eye. This will also make the dot look smaller and more crisp.
Red dots don't change size based on distance, you can push the optic up against your eyeball or hold it one handed at the end of your arms reach and it won't change size. Red dots are rated in MOA, which would be useless if it changed sizes at will.
I played around with red dots. But finally settled on a 1-4× illuminated scope. At close range one power illuminated works just like a red dot. If the range is further, crank up the magnification. Mounted on a Remington bolt action ( .223 Remington) I can take out coyotes from point blank out to 200 yards. That's good enough for my purposes.
The apps on your phone have permissions to access the microphone. So yeah, someone is literally listening, but it's AI. There's no way around it either unless you go back to a non smart phone
@NinjaRider777R That's nuts. I noticed that when a guy next to me at work was talking to another guy about the golfer John Daly. I never look at anything golf related. Logged into youtube a few hours later and had a bunch of John Daly videos on the homepage
I always get comments that I have my Vortex Spitfire 1x Prism optic too far back on my AR15, and that I need to move it further out, closer to the muzzle. I think that they are mistaking it for a red dot sight, because I know that the position I have it gives me the best eye relief, and I love how the crosshairs don't look like a blob, like a red dot. I have slight astigmatism.
Honestly that was inspiring to see. The thought that Matt was going to take them selves out and not run into the camera man was one thing. His cool reaction after and the repair to the throttle cable was top notch. Most other channels would cut that out to act like its always perfect every time. I felt that to be an honest showing of his character. New Sub to Matt.
It is a trade off. Mounted back you get more FOV through the optic, mounted forward you get more to the sides, outside the optic. All the way back generally limits using a magnifier and/or accessing the charging handle.
Really enjoy your channel and videos. Love the calming music while the getting the instruction. Not really looking for information on this, just wished to stop by and see what ya all had to say one the subject. Glad I did. Happy Holidays.
Try to keep optics, regardless of type, on the upper. And if you’re running back up irons with an TA31-type ACOG with it’s (TM ‘textbook’) 1.5 inch eye relief, well... good luck. Find a setup that works for you in all conditions and train. It’s the only way to be sure.
@@shelbyseelbach9568 there are plenty of hand guards that are plenty sturdy enough to hold zero. a great example is any hand guard that special forces use as they often mount ir laser systems that have to be able to maintain zero. for the ak platform there is the ultimak which holds zero great.
@@shelbyseelbach9568 it isnt unrealistic at all to find a hand guard that holds zero. many do nowadays. weapons and the stuff that goes on them has advanced a ton over the past couple decades, its not like this is the 80s anymore.
Just picked up a Danile Defense AR-15 with 2 mags, a threaded barrel, and a vortex red dot for $700, all included. God, I love pawn shops! Thanks for the video. Now I can train properly with the damn thing
I put a flip up backup site rear most followed by a Magpul single point sling loop. Space. Red dot foremost as can be on the receiver. That way I can hop my magnifier back and forth. And still utilize clip on NV in front.
It's also a bad idea to "bridge the gap" as seen in the video and mount a sight on top of the gap between the receiver and the handguard - keep your sight off the handguard completely. The sight has to be only on the receiver because even the most durable handguard can flex a little bit and throw off your zero, even if the sight is partially mounted on the receiver.
Yes! Thank you! This is indeed true for some handguards! Long handguards with short barrel nuts are notorious for this. In the video it is mounted on the BRN180S above the trunnion which sits approximately 1" behind the handguard.
THIS! Is the only correct answer! You can spot newbies on the range easily, noone who knows what he's doing mount an optic on or in front of the gap (if there is space somewhere else on that upper).
A lot people mounting IR lasers at the end of their rifles would disagree with you. Also, people have been shooting with rail mounted irons for years. You're not gonna have zero or flex issues with most modern day handguards. Regardless if it's mounted on the receiver, you should always be verifying your zeros.
I place mounting clamp of red dot at the jointing/ connecting point of rail on receiver and hand-guard...this location acts as anti-rotation tangs, a must if using forward grip....location still gives excellent sight picture.
I had my red dot mounted bout the same distance forward and some civilians was trying to school me. I was like ok COD man. I will send him this optics for dummies to him 😂
With both eyes open, the optic’s housing won’t block your vision, so there is no advantage to mounting it forward. It’s just a fad. If you mount it closer to your eye, you can pick up the dot substantially faster and you have the same SA and FOV. Run a speed drill with a shot timer under stress and you’ll see what I mean. If you hunt for the dot for even a half-second, your times will show it. Moving it closer to the eye also improves the rifles balance.
We have found that with the optic mounted farther from the eye, if it becomes occluded for some reason it is easier for our shooter’s to marry both eye’s individual pictures and shoot accurately versus the optic being close to the eye which caused many of our shooters to struggle and throw rounds high and left for right handed shooters.
peripheral vision is the left/tight edges of your view, red dot sits in the middle of it and will not interfere at all with your "situational awareness"
The closer the sight is to the eye, the more of the periphery of that eye will be blocked out by the non-optical part of the red dot, so it will have a slight effect.
One thing about the first RDS mount location that was showed is that the optic mount is bridging the hand guard and the upper receiver. This may cause issues as rounds are put through the gun due to possible flexing at the point where the two parts meet. The mount should be either totally on the hand guard or upper.
My aimpoint hangs on my hand guard a bit. The actual locking pin is on the receiver. I got a 3x magnifier and back up irons so it’s the only way unless I buy a $200 cantilever. But with iron sights how can you lose zero of the red dot? Just simply flip the iron up and make sure the dot lines up.
@@Zack.G23 I can see how an absolute co-witness of the iron sights with red dot can mitigate this potential issue. I currently have an LPVO on my main where cowitnessing with irons is not possible. Since my previous post I’ve added an offset RMR. It’s been a great way to run at 1X and still gives me the “warm and fuzzies” about having a back up option. On my next setup I’ll definitely will be running an Aimpoint!
I tend to put my red dot/ holographic sight on the upper where it meets the rail. Works great with both eyes open for fast transitional shots. Any type of magnified optic is at the mercy of eye relief. I tend to place it one slot back from the furthest possible point.
People always mention having an astigmatism. I have one and if I’m seeing the multiple dots then I turn the brightness down and it becomes focused and singular. Idk it may be that way for everyone.
@@korcla5668 ; Yep, you got it ! HAHAHA !! Mines gotten bad enough that I have given up on dot sights all together . Prisim sights work really well , but of course, are pretty expensive . No rest for the wicked ! HAHAHA !!
Again a red dot mounting video w/o mentioning astigmatism . In my case mounting the sight further back makes the best result . Most red dots for me can be made to work by adjusting the position and or eye relief .
Also, you shouldnt mount someting between the handguard and receiver, some say that those two parts are going move differently with each bullet fired, over time, thats gonna affecting you zero.
I tried mounting a red dot on an FX-9 with backup irons. Why does the irons area to be in the lower left of the red dot at about 8 o’clock? Is it because of the short sight radius?
That’s a tough one to answer without seeing the gun, the optic and how he has everything placed. Generally, if the red dot has no magnification, the short sight radius shouldn’t matter since one can mount a RDS on a handgun and the sights stay clear and where they should be. If it’s a magnified optic, it will throw the front sight way off and down to the left usually. We would suggest you call the tech line at 800-741-0015 to speak with a gunsmith to hammer out the details.
I have a fixed carry hadle and a solid quad rail. Can i mount a red dot to that and not worry about other carry handle specific options like meprolight
This feels like I'm working for a bunch of old guys who say this is how it should be done, but a red dot on a AR should be put where you can get that dot as quick as possible and the good thing about a sight is there is no right way as long as its on top because you sight it in. Lol
