How far forward is your Aimpoint mounted?

Just curious as to how far forward the masses are mounting their Aimpoints and why? Please include which model Aimpoint, mount model, general rifle set-up.

I ran my ML3 in a LT129 flush with the front end up the upper on a middy with drop-in two piece quad rails for about 4 years. It has done very well like this for me. I pick up the dot faster than I can drive the rest of the gun this way. I now have different handguards(Apex 12.5") which mount to a stock/bare bbl nut, but it has no anti-rotation device. Maybe it would never be an issue, but I'm thinking about kicking the mount forward enough to engage the first lug to the HG top rail to lock it all up. It seems to me that it will be sturdy enough to hold(zero) considering the mount is still engaging 3/4 of rail that it had a grip on before.

So, should the LT129 be GTG hanging slightly off the front of the upper?

Thank You
Patrick Scott

This is just one of many threads on this subject. You might do some more searches if this doesn't answer your questions. Traditionally 3gunners (in my neck of the woods) preferred the RDS as far away as possible, but 3gun is not combat and for combat others prefer a variety of positions. I think it is preference and vision dependent and the tube size that are factors you need to consider. The smaller the tube (T1) will need to be closer "if" you shoot from unorthodox positions and you really need to just do the RDS Zoom back & forth on your rail until you find what is right for you. I did this by trying it at the far end, then the closest end working my way between the 2 until it found its sweet spot. I'm still not entirely convinced that it won't get moved again;) I do prefer the T1 closer than my M4S.

Here is a good thread and F2S is one of the most knowledgeable/respected members on this forum

https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=28996

I have an M4s. I mount it just forward enough so I can use my buis.

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Here is a good thread and F2S is one of the most knowledgeable/respected members on this forum

https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=28996

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Originally Posted by Failure2Stop

Try this out-
Make a "ok" sign with your right hand, with the "hole" in your index finger just slightly smaller than a dime. Hold the hole about 1 inch away from your dominant eye.

The other eye fills in the image blocked by the bulk of the finger, making the finger appear transparent.

Now move your hand a foot away from your eye and look through the hole. While the other eye still makes up for the blocked image, the finger seems to be more opaque.

Moving the optic further away also makes it a bit harder to find the dot due to the reduction in angle of acceptable eye placement.

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I liked this from that thread and tried it out. Will make think twice about where I might put an optic when I get one. I had assumed I would want it nearer to my eye and now understand why I see it pushed out further in pictures of other users rifles.

When I used the M series I mounted as far forward as I could on the receiver with a Larue 1/3 mount. Now I use a T1 and moved it back about 1'' to 1 1/8'' to get a larger field of view.

Since I use my Aimpoint with both eyes open, the field of view is as large as my normal vision. Mounting it as far forward as possible on the receiver works fine for me.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1251/...9648c7079e.jpg

My 16" middy has the M4s mounted so the front lenscap is even with the front edge of the upper reciever. It's mounted on a Larue QD.

My 14.5" middy has the T1 centered over the ejection port on a DD fixed mount.

Like many others, I have my H-1 in a Larue QD mount as far forward as it can be on the receiver. It's on a BCM 16" middy. I like it there, because I don't end up with the tunnel vision that I've noticed with a scope or sight mounted farther back.

I have mine far enough forward to get a magnifier in there if I want it.

http://www.pbase.com/hmac/image/129823100.jpg

Right now mine is as far forward on the rail as it can go, although this setup is pretty recent so I'm not 100% set on anything. It seems pretty natural out there.

http://www.randomhostingsite.com/guns/arsbr.jpg

The place you put the RDS is often a "compromise" between where you want it under ideal conditions, perfect cheek weld, etc. and having to make it function under less than ideal conditions. With a perfect cheek weld I like mine up front too, but shooting under a barricade from rollover prone and many other unorthodox shooting positions (you may only discover under the worst circumstances)... that often times it is faster and easier to pickup a sight picture with it closer to the rear... and the smaller tube of a T1 exacerbates this.

We all shoot RDS sites with both eyes open, but if you can't get your strong side eye behind the dot the weakside eye isn't going to help. Am I telling you to put your RDS to the rear? No. I'm just explaining that there is a reason that you might check what type of shooting you do and decide if you can make a shot from your most unorthodox positions with the RDS where you have it mounted and you may have to "compromise" and bring it closer to the eye.

You may also move it back and forth and decide at what distance the ring best ghosts out for you.

Get on your hands & knees with your rifle and then a shoulder on the ground and try and shoot thru a opening 3" high from the ground with a bad cheek weld, etc.

Just some things to consider:)

Just forward enough to allow mounting of an Aimpoint magnifier.


I don't feel the need to put it any further out. Far enough forward and the optic itself clutters my field of view.

I run my M3's at the front of the receiver, but like my H-1's as far back as possiblle.

Still relevant 13yrs. later...Thanks for assistance.