Pistol Optic Mounting Plates
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Forward Controls Design's.. #1
For something with an ACRO footprint..... Tango Downs ... which FCD also sells as well with their logo on it but is very up front that it is made by Tango Downs and that there is no need to improve on their design
For something with an ACRO footprint..... Tango Downs ... which FCD also sells as well with their logo on it but is very up front that it is made by Tango Downs and that there is no need to improve on their design
Shit.. also one sec...
Ferro concepts just announced their RMR mounting plate offering which is dope AF... Titanium
Celt
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Thats what I bought based on reading extensive reviews, althoughI have my optic mounted on a different slide that was milled for the optic so I have tested it out. I have no reason to expect anything other than a solid product when I do end up using it.
Other option... cost a bit more but gives some extra capability.
Send it to Agency Arms for their AOS cut... this then uses their plates which let you choose irons Forward or rear of optic. But can switch if you want with a plate change
Send it to Agency Arms for their AOS cut... this then uses their plates which let you choose irons Forward or rear of optic. But can switch if you want with a plate change
Irons forward for the win!
Irons forward has many benefits, one of the nice benefits and the main reason I prefer it is you’ll never lose your red dot behind the irons themselves. With irons rearward, the irons physically block your view of the bottom section of the optic’s glass. So if you present your pistol and you didn’t get the perfect draw, sight alignment, and you end up with the reticle somewhere in the bottom of the window, your irons being rearward have a very good chance of obscuring your view of the reticle. Run that exact same scenario with irons forward and you’ll still see the reticle, it’ll just be superimposed over the rear sight and the reticle is still usable.
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Another really nice benefit of running irons forward is it helps protect your optic, especially when you need to do one hand manipulations. Sure, should your optic be able to take some abuse, absolutely. But if I can help protect my main means of aiming which is my optic, I’m going to do it. With irons rearward and you go to rack your slide one handed, you’re gonna have to use the front face of your optic against whatever you have or can find, be it a metal table, door frame, concrete, car door…whatever you need to use at that moment. All of that force is going straight to the optic and it’s mounting hardware. With irons forward you can now use the rear irons which is in front of the optic. Yes your optic might possible take some of the force if whatever you’re using to rack the slide slips off the irons but it will definitely be mitigated and it won’t take the brunt of it. God forbid you do break something while needing to rack your pistol like that, how much is it going to set you back to replace your optic…$400, $500, maybe $600?! How much is it going to set you back to replace a broken rear sight?…definitely cheaper than replacing an optic and you don’t have to deal with remounting an optic and re-zero’ing.