CaliforniaGunner from United States, OR Public Profile

Short review:
Buy an ADM QD Mount.

Slightly longer but short review:
- This MI MRO QD mount, there is not direct access to the screws, making it difficult to align the screws in the holes and also to align the hex key with the screws, you have to screw them in with the tool at an angle. This increases the likelihood of stripping threads or the head socket.

- I cannot get the QD adjustment correct on the one I have. There is no sweet spot. Sent it to MI for repair, they were no help. They said it was supposed to be extremely, excessively, hyperbolically, overly difficult to remove. MI, that means it is NOT QD. Never had this issue with ADM mounts. (see long review for more dsetail)

Long review:
While the QD mechanism is a solid design and the overall finish is high quality, there is a MAJOR design flaw and I had an issue with mine that MI would not resolve.

Design flaw: There is not direct access to the holes making it difficult to align the screws and after the screws are in place it is impossible to align the hex tool with the screws, you have to angle the hex tool and it doesn't seat properly in the screws head - the flats of the hex tool won't engage with the [socket] flats of the screw head. Stripping the threads, tool, or socket becomes a significantly larger hazard. This also means your likely to under-torque the screws. MI should know better.

The issue with the one I bought: when I adjusted the nut so the mount wouldn't slide back and forth on the rail I cou

Decent red dot. Worth it when they are priced ~$150. Good inexpensive option if you just don't think optics should cost more than your monthly utility bills. Zeroing is a basic/simple system with locking screws on the back, which could be blocked on a pistol if you have a rear sight behind it. You would have to remove the rear sight to adjust (a problem for some).-----------DONT GET THE OPMOD VERSION... The coating on my OPMOD Viper came off just from use of the rubber cover. Yes, putting the cover on for storage and taking the cover off just a few times removed about 35% of the OPMOD colored paint and more keeps coming off. I have a black Viper and the coating is still intact with use of the cover. ---------- Only buy when under $175, you can get them for $150 or less. These are not worth $200+ IMO. Old tech, still useful, but dated. The picatinny mount: basic but solid. I haven't tested repeatability. _-------- My one big issue with the Viper (and a lot of other red dots), is the auto off feature. It turns off after 14hrs if you don't push the buttons. This makes it unusable for a dedicated HD gun (IMO). The battery life on a medium setting could last a year so I don't see why it doesn't have an always-on option. For HD I need an optic that is just on when I pick up the gun because I WILL NOT REMEMBER to turn it on (That's why I like Prism Scopes). There should be an option to disable the auto off feature. I would pay an extra $30 for that. If they insist on adding auto of