I'm pretty much a complete rookie when it comes to firearms and optics, but wouldn't mounting a magnified optic on the railed handguard put it WAAAAY too far from your eye and not let you see anything? I know 1x magnification (aka non-magnified) optics like red dot, EO-Techs, Aimpoints, etc. have infinite eye relief so that's OK, but I think a scope would be too far away.
Does this make sense?