Co-witness help on Ruger Mark IV Lite 22/45

[Saladfarmer]

I need help. I want to use a red dot to co-witness on my Ruger mk4 Lite.
I cannot find any red dots that will sit low enough to co-witness with the iron sights.
Does anyone have experience or know if there is a pic rail that sits lower?
Or perhaps a mount that would line up with the existing screw pattern that the pic rail has if I took the pic rail off?

I am looking to get the SIGHTMARK MINI SHOT A-SPEC M3- REFLEX SIGHT because it looks like it sits lower than
what I have right now, and it has rear sight cutout.

Currently I have the Bushnell 100 (Tasco) Please don't judge me on that, it was only $69 at BiMart.

I would use one of my Romeo0's, but I dont know of any pic rail adaptors for that.

Also, taller iron sights , but I don't think Dawson's has anything that tall for the Ruger.

Your help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time!

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[SCARed]

Why do you feel like you need it to co-witness? Ultimately it's a range toy. I wouldn't even bother with all the hassle. Your life isn't on the line if the RDS goes out.

 

[Saladfarmer]

It's a timing thing. Shooting open class

 

[Member 34319]

Madmac, Lobos, Outer impact, tandem kross, all make mounts that are extremely low to the receiver and may help a red dot cowitness.

 

[EHJ]

This was as low as I could get - Vortex Venom on an Outer Impact mount.

 

[ORhutner]

You can get even lower with an RMR and Lobos Industries mount but still isn't going to be co-witness.

 

[Saladfarmer]

Thank you guys, That really helps to have some more to go on

 

[Saladfarmer]

Looks like I should be able to use the Madmac mount with the sightmark since it is in the RMS-C mount and get the Dawson sights and have a winner

 

[Pepe-lepew]

Striplin Custom 90 degree mount with a C-more will have the irons in the bottom of the sight window. Excellent setup for steel matches.

 

[Saladfarmer]

Success!

Parts for Ruger® MKIII & MKIV 22/45™ & 22/45 LITE®

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The madmac RMS-C mount was the golden ticket.
with the SIGHTMARK® MINI SHOT A-SPEC M3- REFLEX SIGHT

Sightmark® Mini Shot A-Spec M3- Reflex Sight-ShopRuger

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I can now co-witness and lock in quickly and efficiently. Now I'm just waiting on
the Dawson Precision fiber optic front sight for a clearer lock in.

Thank you all for your help and pointing me to some great resources.

I'll add some pictures when I get the front sight installed.

This is really going to help my times tighten up on pistol.

 

[Saladfarmer]

Here's the finished successful co-witness setup. Just got the Dawson Precision fiber optic front sight yesterday. Much faster target acquisition.
Thanks again y'all for the referrals. It was such a great help!

 

[azguy]

Here's the finished successful co-witness setup. Just got the Dawson Precision fiber optic front sight yesterday. Much faster target acquisition.
Thanks again y'all for the referrals. It was such a great help!

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I want to copy this setup since I don't want to buy an fn502 just to have a cowitness setup on a 22. I was looking at the Dawson Precision front sights you mentioned but it looks like there's different height options. Which one did you have?

 

[Saladfarmer]

I want to copy this setup since I don't want to buy an fn502 just to have a cowitness setup on a 22. I was looking at the Dawson Precision front sights you mentioned but it looks like there's different height options. Which one did you have?

It was the tallest one. I can't remember off the top of my head now. I will probably change it to the next size lower as it a bit higher than I ended up needing.

 

[40Garand]

It was the tallest one. I can't remember off the top of my head now. I will probably change it to the next size lower as it a bit higher than I ended up needing.

Are you still using the stock Ruger rear sight or did you swap that out too? I didn't see you post a link for the part so I'm assuming you stayed with the stock sight.

 

[Alexx1401]

NICE! Like the way the finished product looks

 

[Saladfarmer]

Are you still using the stock Ruger rear sight or did you swap that out too? I didn't see you post a link for the part so I'm assuming you stayed with the stock sight.

It is the stock rear sight. I over compensated getting the super high front sight in trying to get the sight picture I like with a 6 o clock hold..