maleemi from United States, VA Public Profile

Mil-spec AR dust covers easily bend, rendering them useless or worse. Replacing mil-spec dust covers involves finding tiny little tools to carefully pry off the tiny little c clip while avoiding scratching the upper finish, and for god's sake avoid popping off the tiny little c clip in a way that causes it to go flying and disappear forever bringing your dust cover replacement project to a halt until you can obtain another tiny little c clip.

Not the worst thing in life but I would hate to replace a dust cover "in the field". The whole setup with the tiny clip and long hardened steel rod is needlesly over engineered and adds weight.,

Strike Industries Enhanced Ultimate dust covers eliminates the tiny c clip, long steel rod and the need for tiny little prying tools. SI dust covers don't bend, are almost impossible to break, and install in about 30 seconds. keep a spare in your field kit in case you figure out how to destroy these polymer cover or just pop it off and run without.

I've installed these on all my builds since I bent a mil-spec cover and discovered the improved design. Some folks say they make my ar's "look cool", bah, humbug. They don't bend and install with ease. Life is too short to spend time replacing another bent mil-spec dust cover.

The Geissele Reaction Rod was a great innovation but reports of bending or breaking barrel index pins are not uncommon. Yikes! Midwest Industries solves the issue by adding a removable steel "sail" that fits snugly into the charging handle slot relieving stress from the barrel index pin.

These receiver rods (I have the ar15 and ar10 version) are snug. When mounting the rod vertically in a vise, downward pressure is required to slide the upper down until it locks into the barrel extension lugs. The benefit is the upper is held solidly in place with zero play or wobble.

I still keep an upper block that pins into the mating lugs in one vise for simple work where slop is acceptable. But for torquing barrel nuts, muzzle devices or any work that requires a rock solid interface the MI rods are superb.

Another fantastic product from the good folks at Midwest Industries!

Great way to mount a weapon light close to the bore line without interfered with C clamp shooting style. Best used with mil-spec pinned FSB's, not sure about clamp on FSBs.

I would rather have an extra 1913 slot that the sling swivel slot but YMMV. I had to remove some polymer from my Magpu. MOE SL Hand Guard to get everything to fit but that should not be an issue with GI hand guards or free float guards the don't extend past the rear of the FSB.

Like every MI product I own this mount is well engineered, well machined, and rock solid.

Pro:
-Great for my "bump in the night" weapon. CT says 50ft range but with fresh batteries and clean lens it's useful to almost twice that at night (with street lights). 50 ft useful during the day in my home.
-Dot quality is similar to Streetlight TLR lasers (quite good)
-I like the on/off paddle switches, intuitive and fast
-The unit is very small. The Picatinny mount is larger than the laser unit!
-Green dot stands out and is perfect when running a red dot sight. Know which dot you are firing to. I would use the red dot version (CMR-201) if running a green dot or holo sight.

Con:
-Expensive compared to CT red laser version
-I'm not convinced the unit will stand up extensive heavy recoil and combat abuse. It should not be your primary sight.
-2 hr. battery life is sub-optimal, plan on frequent battery swaps if if you use this on a go to defensive weapon.
-Cheesy micro slotted soft metal screws for tightening to a 1913 rail. I'm looking for properly hardened eqivalant Torx or Hex screws to replace the pot metal. A quality minded company should know better.

If you want the best micro red dot for your rifle or handgun this is the one to buy. Of course you get the famous razor sharp 2 MOA red dot, obsessive build quality, durability and battery life with great ergonomics. Personally I prefer a brightness switch that has OFF clicks between each brightness setting but I'm sure Aimpoint could point out why my preference in BAD. As previously mentioned the brightness dial in needlessly extremely stiff, perhaps it smooths out after 10,000 twists. The glass does have a very notable blue tint, my profession requires highly developed sense of color acuity so many folk may not notice or care. It's not distracting.

As with my other Aimpoint purchases I pondered long and hard about spending "that much" for a red dot. A Trijicon MRO was considered. I don't think I'll ever need "battle proven" but if I do I'm set.

The ADM mount gets the job done for Aimpoint micro's but I don't get the sense of absolute top notch engineering and tight tolerance manufacturing specs. It all fits but the removable side plate does not quite fit perfectly into the body of the mount. tightening and loosening the threads on the QR lever on the cross bolt to get a proper fit was harder that with competing mounts. perhaps re-evaluate the thread pitch on the cross bolt. QR lever is not as smooth and positive and Warne, Talley, and Burris QR's I own.

Once installed the Lower 1/3 Co-witness and rock solid mount create nice, functional base for my optic.

The trusty 11 year old TRS-25 on my 30 yr old 870 Express HD shoty went wacky. EOtech, Aimpoint, and Fast Fires that adorn rifles and precision handguns seemed wrong and overpriced for this humble slide gun. I wanted something built tough with a large FOV. I also love the OFF click between each brightness setting. Aimpoint should take a hint. Bright, reasonably crisp 3 MOA dot, clear glass and handles a strong dose of the heaviest Brenneke slugs better than my old shoulder. Downside: it's heavy but it won't be lugged on 20 mile forced marches. I stupidly dropped the sight and gun combo 40 inches onto a concrete floor. Everything still works great.

Very pleased with the purchase.