Reviews & Ratings for Vortex RT45 Offset Mount for Razor Red Dot — 8 reviews — Page 1

Absolutely love it! Pretty simple to install on my AR. If you ever decide to make a purchase for an offset mount, I highly recommend this brand.

Sadly I have used multiple Vortex products (mostly optics) and never had any issues. This mount is decently made BUT the mounting screw is well under my expectations. The tiny screw barely gets about 3 threads before tightening which is just inadequate. For comparison, most iron sights that I use on the same gun have solid size screws in order to secure them and keep the weapon zeroed. This one is a tiny screw, maybe equivalent to M2 metric which will not secure this mount well enough to prevent zero shift if the weapon gets bumped (like in a 3-gun barrel dumping). Also, the screw head is a tiny 5/64ths Allen key which is not adequate for torqueing the mount. Just look at any legitimate flip up iron sights and compare the difference with this mount. They could have used a larger Allen key or a large Torx head screw to make sure this mount is secured to the picatinny.
Recommendations:
1) Use larger screws that can handle more torque, such as the Dueck Defense Irons (for example)
2) Use longer screws to ensure at least several threads catch on before the mount is tightened, in order to ensure secure mounting. However, you have to leave the other end of the screw open so you can use longer screws. Just look at any other irons or sling attachment mounts (Dueck Defense, Magpul BUIS, etc} and you shoul get the idea.
I am seriously considering returning this product. I just can't trust the cheap mounting design.

This is a sweet offset mount if you're a fan of the Vortex Razor red dot. I put my offset mount and red dot on my AR-15 and it's great. 5/5 stars. I use a leupold tactical riflescope and this offset mount.

I got the 45 offset mount on, and mounted the optic. But, no matter how much I moved it around or where I remounted it I could not get the red dot to even get close to zero. I'm not sure if the mount is bent or if there is some other problem I can't figure out but with out shimming the mount it won't work. The gun is a LWRC ic-di and the red dot is a vortex venom.

There's nothing special about this mount. In my opinion,it weights more than necessary and the design seems poor. While it holds the red dot just fine, I easily (almost) stripped out the bolt hole (the first couple of threads don't look so good anymore). I managed to catch the error in time to save the part but it seemed way too easy to accidentally misalign the threads. Yes, that's probably more my fault than theirs, but the metal seemed pretty soft and the fit of the small retainer part was awkward, which was probably the reason for the misalignment. So, if it were better designed I don't think it would have happened - I'm very familiar with tools and such. The good part is the red dot fit very well.
That said; it does the job and is a nice addition to my firearm, but it seems like more weight than necessary. It red dot also fits pretty good on it. I wouldn't discourage anyone from buying one, but I'd add that they shouldn't expect a well thought out design or a high quality part.

This mount is exactly what I wanted for my Vortex Razor sight, I especially like the lower profile of the way the sight mounts without having to use the spacer if I were to use another type 45 degree picatinny mount.