Considering mounting an aimpoint or a triggicon MRO on my m-1a . I have a Smith Enterprise mount over the reciver, will using this mount, work with these choices?, Or do need to mount them , forward of the reciver? I’m not really experienced with red dot/ holographic sights. Any reasonable suggestions appreciated.
Mounting a Aimpoint in m-1a
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What you have should work just fine. The most common place to put a RDS is above the ejection port on your rifle.
M14.ca has a scout handguard and a Garand rear sight mount that would both be good candidates, if you were looking to purchase a solution.
M14.ca has a scout handguard and a Garand rear sight mount that would both be good candidates, if you were looking to purchase a solution.
An MRO has unlimited eye relief - so you can mount it in either position and it will work. I've run an M14 with an Aimpoint on a scout mount, and it worked very well. I think that if optics are going to be involved, the M14 is at it's best with the optic located forward of the action, as low as possible to the bore. The comb of an M14's stock was designed to deliver a cheek weld that places your eye close to the axis running through the iron sights. Because the construction of the M14's (and Garand's) receiver makes mounting a conventional scope a bit challenging - and VERY difficult to get it low over the bore axis - to my eye, it's a platform that gravitates towards optics mounted forward of the action.
This is a super-old pic (I think that's a Comp M2...and when combined with the BDU's it REALLY dates things), but it shows the concept better than the others that I could find.
You should be able to get something like an MRO down to have the center of the optical axis even lower.
The two RDS that I've tried which are extremely low are the Bushnell TRS-25 (mostly suitable for plinking) and the Aimpoint Micro (likely twice the price of the Trijicon for a very small benefit)....so I'd probably just try to find the lowest possible mount for that MRO, put it on a quality scout mount (like the one from M14.ca), and see how it handles. I think that you'll be pleasantly surprised at how quick and natural it can be when the optic is close to the bore axis, and also at the right height for the comb of the stock.
This is a super-old pic (I think that's a Comp M2...and when combined with the BDU's it REALLY dates things), but it shows the concept better than the others that I could find.
You should be able to get something like an MRO down to have the center of the optical axis even lower.
The two RDS that I've tried which are extremely low are the Bushnell TRS-25 (mostly suitable for plinking) and the Aimpoint Micro (likely twice the price of the Trijicon for a very small benefit)....so I'd probably just try to find the lowest possible mount for that MRO, put it on a quality scout mount (like the one from M14.ca), and see how it handles. I think that you'll be pleasantly surprised at how quick and natural it can be when the optic is close to the bore axis, and also at the right height for the comb of the stock.
