scope mount

[ulmapache]

Need suggestions for scope mount on AR platform...have Nikon 3-9x40, running YHM BUIS, scope when mounted is touching folded down rear sight... Thx...

[VASCAR2]

https://www.rockriverarms.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_ID=1500

[Aquila]

What mount are you currently using? I have a Vortex 3-9x40 in a Burris pepr that clears my troy rear sight, and a Leupold 3-9x40 in a Midwest industries mount that also clears the troy folding rear sight. I will say, that the QD lever on the MI mount touches the BUIS, but it doesn't impede the function. I will upload pics in a minute

[Aquila]

20200614_115000 (4).jpg this is the leupold in the MI mount

20200614_115024 (4).jpg QD lever touches the BUIS but the locking notch allows for a little bit of forgiveness

20200614_115135 (4).jpg the vortex in a Burris pepr mount

edit: I don't have any experience with the YHM back up sight, and I don't know what mount you are using but both of these mount and scope combinations work well for me

[Klem]

Aquila,

Your BUIS is dictating the scope and scope height on that rifle. What do you think might happen that you need a BUIS?

[A5BLASTER]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]16304[/ATTACH] this is the leupold in the MI mount

[ATTACH=CONFIG]16305[/ATTACH] QD lever touches the BUIS but the locking notch allows for a little bit of forgiveness

[ATTACH=CONFIG]16306[/ATTACH] the vortex in a Burris pepr mount

edit: I don't have any experience with the YHM back up sight, and I don't know what mount you are using but both of these mount and scope combinations work well for me

I would just ditch the buis and safe them for a build that didn't use a scooe that would be sitting over them.

[Aquila]

Neither of those scopes actually belong on that upper, I took them both off of other rifles to use as examples.

[Aquila]

Klem,

Hey there buddy, I'm just trying to reply to the OP to answer his question and give him an example of what he might be looking for. What do I think might happen that I need BUIS on that rifle? absolutely nothing, but why does that make a difference to you? My BUIS is dictating the scope and scope height on that rifle? Is it, now? Allow me explain the context of those photos: neither of those optics actually belong on that upper. Neither of the rifles those scopes reside on have BUIS, I am simply trying to help someone with a question, not lambaste people over digital images I don't know the context of

[Klem]

Aquila,

Perhaps you can ask the question to yourself down the track when there is no-one else around.

If it helps, here is a picture of three sets of expensive Troy sights I took off my guns after coming to the realization I will never use them. For a long while they took up space and weight on the rifle for a scenario that will never happen. The only set left on a gun is with a red dot and only because I take the red dot off for use elsewhere and put it back on and check zero with the BUIS (co-witnessed). Truth be known I don't even need that but the sheer expense stops me from taking the last pair off (daft excuse I know).


You can buy them off me if you like.

[Aquila]

Waste my money on your mistakes? I don't think so. The rifles I want back up sights on have them, the ones I don't, don't. You can take them down the track with you. Don't throw your back out, they look heavy. Since you appear to have more wisdom than you know what to do with, perhaps you could answer the OP's question, which was recommendations on scope mounts? Probably something that puts the centerline of the lens at about 1.5" above the picatinny rail?

[Klem]

Yes, but can you imagine all three sets on the same gun! Plus yours, and the scope. Flip those bad boys up and down in your bedroom and never be out of the fight...

To the OP, remove the BUIS and get the lowest mount you are comfortable with. AR sight axis sits 2.5" above the bore so you don't want them any higher; for the sake of canting and something you will never use.

[PVBoom]

I would just ditch the buis and safe them for a build that didn't use a scooe that would be sitting over them.

Winner winner, chicken dinner.

That is, unless you want the BUIS for recoil management.

[drewthebrave]

I had a similar issue with some Aero Precision backup sights. They were too tall while folded down to fit below my 1-4x SWFA. So I swapped them out for Magpul MBUS and put the Aero irons on my AR Pistol with Red Dot, where they would be out of the way.
OP - your options are:
1) switch your rear sight to a lower profile option (Magpul MBUS is pretty low for what it's worth)
2) buy a taller scope mount
3) ditch the backup irons altogether