Aimpoint Mount

[Trendkill]

What mount should I use for an Aimpoint Comp M4 if I have a flat top receiver and a front post. What mount would give me a 1/3 co-witness or 1/2 co witness??

It looks to come with some sort of mount....but what would I be seeing in it with the front post in place??

[aplinker]

The high mount it comes with is somewhere between bottom 1/3 and absolute.

Unless you want to spend the money on a LaRue, you'll be fine.

[rtlltj]

Either the LT-129 or LT-150 from LaRue gives 1/3 lower co-witness. I don't think you could ask for a better mount. This is what my front sight looks like when looking through my aimpoint. Ignore the fact that I had the buis up when I took the pic.

[aplinker]

Either the LT-129 or LT-150 from LaRue gives 1/3 lower co-witness. I don't think you could ask for a better mount. This is what my front sight looks like when looking through my aimpoint. Ignore the fact that I had the buis up when I took the pic.

That's actually a perfect example of why lower-1/3 co-witness is great. You can use fixed irons with it and not obstruct the use of the dot.

[Bruce3]

i have the LT-129 and i couldn't have asked for a better mount.

[Trendkill]

Cool.....I was hoping for a 1/3 co-witness anyways......thanks for the info guys. Looks like the Aimpoint will be good to go out of the box.

[Jim_KT]

What mount should I use for an Aimpoint Comp M4 if I have a flat top receiver and a front post. What mount would give me a 1/3 co-witness or 1/2 co witness??

It looks to come with some sort of mount....but what would I be seeing in it with the front post in place??

Check out the LaRue Aimpoint M4/M4S mounts:

http://stores.homestead.com/Laruetactical/Detail.bok?no=160

They can be had in three heights. LT659 "standard" for the 1/3 co-witness that you're looking for.

I'm sure that other companies make Aimpoint M4 mounts, but I'm one of those LaRue kool-aid drinkers. Currently running a ML2 in a LT129 (was a 150 at one point) on my main go-to carbine and the secondary carbine has a Compact ACOG in an LT105.

[Trendkill]

I'll try it for a while with the stock mount....I guess I'll know if I like it or not pretty quick.

[Suvorov]

If your factory mount doesn't work, go with the LaRue, it will be right the first time. The LaRue gives you a good lower 1/3 co witness, quick detach feature, and is solidly built. I thought about using risers to get my factory trijicon mount to work, but then decided life is too short to half-*** things.

[Trendkill]

If your factory mount doesn't work, go with the LaRue, it will be right the first time. The LaRue gives you a good lower 1/3 co witness, quick detach feature, and is solidly built. I thought about using risers to get my factory trijicon mount to work, but then decided life is too short to half-*** things.

Hey....thats my favorite place to go.....Sunnyvale Rod and Gun Club. Cool people...no BS "Is that thing legal" questions. Nice picture.

So how is the sight picture different than that with the factory mount??

[Suvorov]

Yeah, I like Sunnyvale Rod and Gun. I'm a member there and it is real nice to be able to go and shoot during member only hours - often times I'm the only guy on the range! I volunteer as an RSO there about once a month and yeah, for the most part everyone is up to speed on OLL rifles or they just don't care what you shoot as long as it isn't full auto or .50 CAL (during public hours).

As for the mount, I mounted a Trijicon Tripower to a flat top M&P-15. The TriPower is the same 30mm tube as the Aim Point so can use pretty much the same mounts the Aim Point can. The optic came with a low profile mount that wouldn't clear the front sight post. I looked a buying a Yankee Hill 1/2" riser mount which would have got reticle clear of the front sight post but it was I was just taking an educated guess since I didn't have the sight yet. With the 1/2" riser it would have given me a lower 1/2 co-witness but not as good as the LaRue. The only advantage with going with the riser would have been price (about $20), but the downside would be a less desirable co witness and the loss of the quick release feature. The main advantage is that with a lower 1/3 co-witness, your field of view is less obscured than with a straight co-witness. The disadvantage is that your head is up a little higher making your cheek weld different (it is still low enough however to get a weld) but since reflex sights are paralax free for the most part it doesn't really matter. With the higher 1/3 co-witness you are able to shoot more "heads up" with less of the front sight in your way, but if you loose your dot, then a quick change of your cheek weld will allow you to use your backup sights. I looked at the M4 and it did seem it came with a taller mount so you might be good to go, but if not, then I'd get a LaRue.

I almost forgot, one other advantage to going with a LaRue mount is that if just have a flat top and not a full length upper rail handguard is that you can buy a cantilever mount, which will free up space on your flat top for you BUIS and a magnifier.

[Trendkill]

I like that....it looks cool. Thankyou for sharing....

[paladin4415]

Just buy which ever Aimpoint you want from LaRue in one of his package deals. You will save money in the long run.

[andrewj]

i have the LT-129 and i couldn't have asked for a better mount.

Took the words out of my mouth. Good luck finding one though.

[civilsnake]

So what benefit does the cantelever mount offer? It moves the sight forward a bit, but is that useful for anything other than fitting a magnifier behind it? I need a mount but don't know which I should go for. halp!