Hello friends,
At the range I go to I'm seeing more and more optics on everyone's handguns, and usually it's a Glock MOS with some sort of red dot. The nice optics, and even nicer groups, have me wanting to get in on the action- Except instead of a boring ol' Glock I'm looking at mounting a red dot on something a little flashier, my 6" GP100!
I've been looking around, not too hard mind you, and I've come across the Jack Weigand no-drill mounts. They seem like a compelling option, and for those who don't know he makes two models: A full length rail that replaces both the rear and front sight (anchoring to the frame using the existing cut-outs for the standard sights), and a much smaller rail that replaces only the rear sight and is made to fit a Burris Fast Fire, Vortex Viper, or similar hand gun sized red dot.
I'm sure there are some other options out there so before I buy anything from Mr. Weigand I wanted to see what was was in the marketplace, or if the Weigand option really is my best then I'd like to hear some stories about the full rail vs. the partial rail. I guess I'd probably go for the full rail because I could mount a scope at some point in the future if the fancy struck me, but I'll probably only ever do the red dot so I'm not sure if I really want the full rail.
I know this whole idea might strike some as heresy but since the revolver in question is a 7-shot GP100 we've already left tradition in the dust. When it comes to my options for mounting the red dot, what say you?
At the range I go to I'm seeing more and more optics on everyone's handguns, and usually it's a Glock MOS with some sort of red dot. The nice optics, and even nicer groups, have me wanting to get in on the action- Except instead of a boring ol' Glock I'm looking at mounting a red dot on something a little flashier, my 6" GP100!
I've been looking around, not too hard mind you, and I've come across the Jack Weigand no-drill mounts. They seem like a compelling option, and for those who don't know he makes two models: A full length rail that replaces both the rear and front sight (anchoring to the frame using the existing cut-outs for the standard sights), and a much smaller rail that replaces only the rear sight and is made to fit a Burris Fast Fire, Vortex Viper, or similar hand gun sized red dot.
I'm sure there are some other options out there so before I buy anything from Mr. Weigand I wanted to see what was was in the marketplace, or if the Weigand option really is my best then I'd like to hear some stories about the full rail vs. the partial rail. I guess I'd probably go for the full rail because I could mount a scope at some point in the future if the fancy struck me, but I'll probably only ever do the red dot so I'm not sure if I really want the full rail.
I know this whole idea might strike some as heresy but since the revolver in question is a 7-shot GP100 we've already left tradition in the dust. When it comes to my options for mounting the red dot, what say you?