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Originally Posted by Bob1984
Very intriguing idea. I have problems with my right eye, so I'm thinking about trying a setup like that. Does it make zeroing more of a challenge ?
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Bob1984:
The purpose of a side mounted dot sight is for use at ranges where the optic won't do well. Very short ranges. The shooter cants the rifle to pick up his dot sight. Take my word for it, it works better than trying to find a very big and very close target with a magnified optic.
You cant the rifle to pick up the dot sight. Zero the dot sight with the rifle canted and you won't have any problems.
In your case, you are looking at using such a set up as an offset sight. In other words, you will retain the rifle in a vertical attitude while shooting. I have seen such sights on some target rifles where the shooter is right handed with a very bad right eye. Also, this was the set up used on the M-1C and D Garands as they loaded from the top.
Depending on your intended use (target size and range), you may have to adjust windage with elevation for exact zeros.
Gene