Friend wanted me to help him replace the rear sight of his Springfield XD with this
http://www.sight-mount.com/
It is basically a picatinny rail on the slide such that he can mount optics on it. I think it is a bad idea for semi autos, so I declined. I explained to him that the G force of the cycling slide will shake his red dot into a piece of junk. If you forgot to tighten the clamps after putting the optics on, it will end up in his eye socket when he fires the gun. Good idea on a revolver, but lousy on a moving slide.
What do you guys think? Thanks.
-TL
http://www.sight-mount.com/
It is basically a picatinny rail on the slide such that he can mount optics on it. I think it is a bad idea for semi autos, so I declined. I explained to him that the G force of the cycling slide will shake his red dot into a piece of junk. If you forgot to tighten the clamps after putting the optics on, it will end up in his eye socket when he fires the gun. Good idea on a revolver, but lousy on a moving slide.
What do you guys think? Thanks.
-TL