APC223 mount height and optics
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the lowest one possible
Thanks. That's what it looked like.
If you happen to know someone handy with Kydex, or if you own a heat-gun and possess a sense of adventure, you can fabricate your own cheek-Riser for tne APC Buttstock. A fellow CGNer crafted this one for me as a prototype of sorts. It started out as a rectangle of Kydex with rounded corners that we shaped over a dowel with the heat-gun. Then we drilled holes in the riser to correspond with existing holes in the Buttstock. These holes allowed us to secure the Riser with a Chicago-type Screw underneath each end. The resulting Cheek-Riser is rock solid, comfortable, and brings the line of sight up to where standard AR sight-height optics and cowitnessed BUIS can be employed.
An easy-peasy but extremely useful home crafts project for APC owners:
An easy-peasy but extremely useful home crafts project for APC owners:
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onetwentyish
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I am working with my machinist on an ACR stock adapter. Thats the route I plan on going.
mebiuspower
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Not if you want to shoot past 100m with a magnified optic.....
r34skyline
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Rsa-s iirc has a magnifier as well. Otherwise i don't see any limitations for that over any other red dot.
onetwentyish
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Had an RSA before, and I personally list as my #1 least favorite "brand name" optic. For red dots, stick to aimpoint or Trijicon and save yourself the pain.
You clearly missed my point. Any magnified optic, including all types and brands of RDS with a magnifier, is going to require some form of cheek-riser for proper eye alignment. No riser = stuck with a low-mount RDS, as evidenced by what everyone but me in this thread seems to be running.
That was my point - not the relative superiority of one RDS or magnifier over another....
As an aside, I wholeheartedly agree with those who think that the RSA sucks. It has a finicky single switch for power and brightness, the tube-sight effect, and any number of other shortcomings. Definitely not ready for primetime. I'd take a basic Holosun over an RSA any day!
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You could also go with the AR stock adapter and use an AR stock with low height rings.
The benefit is keeping the optics/bore over axis lower and the potential for an adjustable LOP, but the drawback is loosing the folding feature of the OEM stock.
Either option is a compromise, but the AR adapter is the way to go imho. B&T really sh!t the bed with that OEM stock they put on these rifles.
The benefit is keeping the optics/bore over axis lower and the potential for an adjustable LOP, but the drawback is loosing the folding feature of the OEM stock.
Either option is a compromise, but the AR adapter is the way to go imho. B&T really sh!t the bed with that OEM stock they put on these rifles.
It's definitely nowhere near as good as the PE90.
I have the AR adapter on mine with normal AR height optics rings currently. The height-over-bore is pretty significant. It's definitely better than the skeleton folding, but, as previously stated, you lose the folding feature.
It also looks ugly. And it adds weight to an already heavy rifle. And it adds cost to an already expensive rifle.
If you want to mount anything like an Elcan or other optic with that ~1.5" height, it's likely the best choice currently available, though. I made a riser for the skeleton stock, but it's not as good from an ergonomic perspective as a CTR with riser.
It also looks ugly. And it adds weight to an already heavy rifle. And it adds cost to an already expensive rifle.
If you want to mount anything like an Elcan or other optic with that ~1.5" height, it's likely the best choice currently available, though. I made a riser for the skeleton stock, but it's not as good from an ergonomic perspective as a CTR with riser.
