Seeking a picatinny mount solution

[Giangi]

[NATEWA]

A picture would really help. Is the red dot too low? Maybe put it on a riser. I’ve see 45 degree irons on ar15’s but don’t know if that would work on your set up.

[kcheung2]

You are unnecessarily complicating things. Mount one or the other. Or both. If you mount both, the iron sights will have an absolute cowitness with the Meprolight.

But before you do that, step back and think why you want a flip-to-side picatinny rail in the first place. (that's the search term, btw) The flip-to-side magnifiers make sense (somewhat) because sometimes you want a magnified view, sometimes you don't. But the Mepro 21 is not magnified, and obviously neither are the iron sights. So the only real purpose to have 2 sights that do the same thing is redundancy if one fails. Aren't you buying the Mepro because it's quality? People have that redundant setup on rifles because at rifle distances aiming is absolutely necessary. Red dots typically for quick hits & iron sights for more precise needs. But shotguns aren't used at rifle distances & aren't really aimed, they're pointed. Plenty of people have gotten by with just a little tab on the end of their barrel as their only aiming system. So do you really need 2 aiming systems?

Purpose determines the gear.

[Tommy Gun]

Well its a shotgun, why the need for both. Even slugs aren't considered a long distance projectile, maybe 200 yds, maybe. Stick to irons, really. But if you got money to burn grab an offset mount and stick the Red Dot on there.

[NATEWA]

I’d probably get a nice set of glow in the dark ghost ring sights. I have a red dot on my turkey 20 gauge shotgun but don’t think I’d ever run a red dot on a defensive shotgun. Red dot was put on for my nephews. My HD shotgun set up has a light attached to it so whatever the light is on, the pellets will hit.

[teflondog]

The best option is to cowitness your red dot with the iron sights. The 2nd best option is to replace your iron sights with 45-degree iron sights.