MRDS Placement on Optics

MRDS Placement on Optics, Lpvos or just along side other red dots can be tricky. Here are some options and tips.

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all right hey what's up guys so today

let's talk about

dot placement on a scope right or on an

lpvo now really quick let's uh talk the

difference between a scope or an lpvo

both of them kind of fall under the

category of scopes right they have

magnification but

the lpvos fall down all the way to one

power and scopes start around three

three point six four four point five

five whatever right so just the

difference that's the way i like to kind

of separate them a little bit but both

are technically optics and scopes

now where i'm going to put my red dot on

them let's let's start talking about

some of the pros and cons

so if i'm going to place a dot

on the front end

right one of the pros to seeing it on

the front

is that the dot appears the same size

it's supposed to

or looks exactly or similar to what i'm

looking at when i'm holding a handgun so

for riff reference right if i hold my

rifle up and i look through my dot right

that dot appears the same way that my

red dot does

and when looking through it right look

at where my arm extends to when i'm

holding a red dot or a handgun it's

relatively close give or take a couple

inches

not a big deal but it gives me that same

relative look or feel to what i'm

looking at

now the other thing or the other reason

i like putting it there is that

the actual size of the dot stays

relatively the same and so does the

astigmatism i see through my dot so if

you already have astigmatism you put it

closer you're obviously going to see

more of that astigmatism it's going to

bring it closer to your eye you're going

to see more of those little artifacts

and stuff like that

the other thing that i like about

pushing it forward is that it works

really well for

night vision use the the last and most i

would say the biggest reason why i like

putting them forward

is because if i'm going to uncap my

turrets depending on the optic i'm using

depending on what i'm using i want to i

want to sometimes one zero my dam optic

so i want to see what i'm dialing but

two if i'm going to shoot at a little

bit more distance right and i want to

dial for it instead of hold i can right

especially if your optic doesn't have

really good uh reticle uh

well

give it a good reticle let's leave it

that if it doesn't have a good reticle

in it that's really easy to diagnose or

understand or it's just really gross

like this one this one to four here from

steiner it's just really gross in the

sense of what i can hold with it well i

could dial and just keep that or if i

wanted to dial this thing to from a 50

yard zero to 100 yard zero to a 200 yard

zero i can do so based off of what i

know of my dope and also what i know of

like what my ballistics can be with that

with this gun with the scope with the

ammo i put in it

so

being able to see my optics adjustments

i like that so for me personally

especially if you're putting it on a big

boy scope you want to make sure that you

you pay attention to that because you

may be dialing for farther stuff i i

want to make sure i can see that and i

can also verify that i'm back to zero

when necessary and i haven't just left

it on

whatever that is right so something to

think about now some of the some of the

cons or to putting it up front is that

the window appears a little bit smaller

right because it's not as close to your

eye

and then it also

what that does is sometimes makes it

harder for people to pick up the dot so

picking up the dot and and in their

cheek weld or their chin well depending

on how high they put it

they may have to kind of learn where to

place that head or where to place that

chin right so that you can find

that dot

every single time when you bring it up

now for some the bigger window being up

close actually helps that a lot and that

could be something that

helps you get to the point where you use

it as a training wheel and work your way

here or just look through your optic

feel what that feels like bring it down

bring it up back to the same spot it's

it's an easy trainable thing in my

opinion so

although it's a con on our list here

it's really not in the grand scheme of

things because it's trainable

but

um

putting the optic back here right it's

pretty much the reverse of what we were

just talking about when you bring it

back here the window size is larger so

it is nice um but

the dot is a little bit bigger uh in

relationship to what you're looking at

also like those artifacts that you're

looking at with um your astigmatism in a

red dot that may be

more pronounced now because you have it

closer to your face it's possible

depending on the dot and depending on

your astigmatism then from there

if you mount it back here you block your

turret which is kind of sub-optimal in

my opinion all right and you'll see it

in these little b-rolls that i put

through

it blocks your turret not something i

want i like to see them i like to dial

certain things i like to play around

with them and

zero them properly and stuff so overall

guys uh what i want you guys to kind of

get get a a grasp on for this video is

literally just figure out what you want

to do with it the good part is most of

these scopes any scope mounts that come

with this style of

movable cap or sorry movable ring or top

ring

you can switch it back and forth and

play around with it yourself and see if

that works for you personally i have

found that the dot being further away is

much more helpful than being so

hopefully this helped uh get you guys

where you need to be and understanding a

couple of these things um and i know

because it's going to be asked

what kind of mounts

uh do this

geisley with a reptilia adapter

uh reptilia's mounts with their adapters

spur mounts

and

there's a couple other ones like griffin

and stuff like that but i haven't used

those so i can't i can't reference them

um in the sense of like things i would i

would suggest but the reptilian mounts

the guys lean out with the reptilia

top cap or top portion

and the spur mounts are all really good

and they work really well they've held

zeros really well and they've held my

dots in different various ways pretty

dang good

so

just different options guys hopefully

that helps kind of narrow it down a

little bit for you some of the pros and

cons when it comes to it but overall

we're looking at you know what what is

it going to be more optimal for what

you're doing

take care