Red Dot on Victory

CharlieFoxtrot · May 20, 2017

Just picked the pistol up from Gunrunners this morning

After reading the MkIV thread on red dots I decided to go with the venom. Going to be shooting steel with it so I figured the six MOA would be faster. First time with a red dot on my pistol and my question is where on the rail should I mount the optic? Front, middle or back? I've tried all here on my workbench and it doesn't seem that different to me. Is there a difference?

mopar92 · May 20, 2017

Closer to the eye so the body of the optic doesn't obscure as much as your field of view.

Kair350 · May 20, 2017

Thanks I have the same setup and was curious myself. I mounted the venom mid range and it worked well after some minor adjustments.

CharlieFoxtrot · May 20, 2017

mopar92 said:
Closer to the eye so the body of the optic doesn't obscure as much as your field of view.

Thanks

fidelity · May 20, 2017

Looks great. Reiterating Mopar's comment, most handguns designed for mobile optics/red dots such as Glock MOS series pistols, the Walther Q5, Sig P320, etc, have attachment points for the red dots at the rear of the slide. With the Walther Q5, one even removes the rear iron sights. It was my impression that this enables faster acquisition of the red dot as field of view within the optic is larger when closer to the shooter.

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CharlieFoxtrot · May 23, 2017

Moved it to the back as suggested. Went out to the range Sunday, sighted it in and then shot some steel. Once I got used to it -it was fantastic fun. Red dot where have you been all my life?

photoracer · May 30, 2017

fidelity said:
Looks great. Reiterating Mopar's comment, most handguns designed for mobile optics/red dots such as Glock MOS series pistols, the Walther Q5, Sig P320, etc, have attachment points for the red dots at the rear of the slide. With the Walther Q5, one even removes the rear iron sights. It was my impression that this enables faster acquisition of the red dot as field of view within the optic is larger when closer to the shooter.

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Actually the reason all those pistols use slide-ride optics at the rear of the slide it that it is hard to put it any other place due to the mechanics of the gun itself. Comparing them to full competition open division guns that 90% use the C-More Railway red dot in one form or another you will see the optical window is farther down the gun. And that is mainly because the C-More is kind of long so it fits better that way. More a marriage of convenience because if you are shooting both eyes open and using both it matters very little since it is relatively far from your eye compared to say a rifle.

Magnumite · May 31, 2017

OP, try it in different positions to see how the pistol feels and runs, also how you see the dot. Barring mechanical necessity there really isn't a right or wrong...its preference. You mentioned shooting steel with it, see which position drives best for you, allowing you good hold and smooth target to target transitions. Example, on most pistols I like the weight centered somewhere over triggerguard. On some I like it over the top of the magwell..

CharlieFoxtrot · May 31, 2017

Thanks for the feedback. Was going to try it last weekend at the range in different positions but I was installing the Tandemkross victory trigger last week and during the next to last step managed to launch the trigger spring and detent. Found the spring but after 20 minutes of searching couldn't find the other. So its on pieces on my workbench awaiting the replacement part. Up until then trigger install was quite easy.

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