Red dot mounts

Your pistol has no optics cut but you want a red dot. Milling the slide is permanent; a mount is not. Most of ours slide into the rear sight dovetail in place of the factory rear sight.

Why put a dot on the gun

Iron sights ask your eye to line up rear sight, front sight and target. A dot sits on the target plane, so you keep both eyes open and focus on the target, which also helps shooters whose eyes no longer show a sharp front sight.

Four ways to attach

Dovetail mounts, the most common type here, go where the rear sight was, with no drilling. Rail mounts clamp to a Picatinny or Weaver rail; some detach with a lever, others lift the optic 19 to 32 mm for long guns. Frame mounts sit under the barrel, so the optic stays still while the slide cycles; we have them for the Glock gen 4 and Beretta 92X Performance. Side mounts bolt to factory holes on the Bul SAS II UR and some Tanfoglio models.

Choose by gun, then by footprint

A dovetail mount is machined for one dovetail, so it is sold for named guns. On a 1911 pick by the rear sight cut: BoMar, G.I., Kimber Fixed, LPA, Novak or Rail Gun. Shotguns such as the Benelli M4, Breda B12 and Beretta 1301 are covered too. Then match the footprint, the screw pattern under your optic. Toni System and Outer Impact use type letters: A for RMSc, DPP and Docter, B for RMR and RTS, C for RMR, RTS and Docter, S for RMSc, DPP and Holosun K-series. Any optic built to a listed footprint fits, whatever its brand, and a footprint adapter joins two patterns that do not match.

Mounts are sorted by brand: Red dot mounts for 1911, Red dot mounts for American Precision Firearms, Red dot mounts for Arsenal Firearms, Red dot mounts for Benelli, Red dot mounts for Beretta, Red dot mounts for Bernardelli, Red dot mounts for Breda, Red dot mounts for Browning, Red dot mounts for Bul, Red dot mounts for Canik, Red dot mounts for Colt, Red dot mounts for CZ, Red dot mounts for FN, Red dot mounts for Glock, Red dot mounts for GSG, Red dot mounts for HK, Red dot mounts for HS Produkt, Red dot mounts for IWI, Red dot mounts for Mauser, Red dot mounts for Mossberg, Red dot mounts for Picatinny, Red dot mounts for Ruger, Red dot mounts for Sig, Red dot mounts for Smith & Wesson, Red dot mounts for Springfield, Red dot mounts for Steyr, Red dot mounts for Tanfoglio, Red dot mounts for Taurus, Red dot mounts for Walther and Red dot mounts for Winchester. Most come from Toni System in Italy and EGW and Outer Impact in the USA. If your slide already has a factory cut, use Optics ready plates instead.

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to mill my slide?

No. A dovetail mount uses the existing rear sight slot, and side and frame mounts use factory holes or rails.

Can I go back to iron sights?

Yes. Drift the mount out and refit the factory rear sight; nothing on the gun was altered.

Will a type A mount take a Holosun K-series optic?

No. Type A takes RMSc, DPP and Docter. For the K-series choose type S or a mount made for that footprint.