Does it make a difference where on the rail you mount the sight? Some say as far forward as you can others say as far back as you can. What say Aldeer?

Dr. B

Wherever the receiver is thickest. I’d want mind towards the rear 1/3 of the receiver

Wherever the holes on the receiver are.

Rail is already on the receiver. I’m talking about the sight itself. It sits in those grooves on the rail. Wondering if I should mount it far back or front on the rail.

Dr. B

Toss the rail and get the Marlin 336 mount.

That’s pretty much what it is. It was a scope mount for a Nikon turkey scope I had years ago. The scope added too much weight so I took it off. It has 4 grooves for mounting rings.

Dr. B

I know if they drill and tap the reciever they want to do it as far back as possible. I think Gundoc told me the reciever was thicker steel towards the back. Probably just a personal preference on a rail

I dropped mine off today and the gunsmith said he had to drill toward the back of the receiver because it was thicker. I don’t think it will matter where the sight is because a red dot is a red dot whether it’s on the front or rear of the receiver. I guess you could mount a longer rail and slide it forward if you need to,

I prefer to have them close to me, but it shouldn’t affect performance where you put it. I also would chunk the rail and get the marlin 336 or sumtoy base. This is not my gun, but this is where I have them on my guns.

See page 2: “Picatinny Rail” thread

No, it does not make a difference as far as 'point of aim' 'point of impact', you can set a red dot at an distance (or angle) and as long as you do your part it will hit where it is pointed.

It will however make a difference on 'field of view', the further forward you place it the smaller your field of view will be. For that reason, you will want to place it as far back as feasible.

What Geeb stated. i put the Burris Speed Bead and FF3 on a Stoeger and it mounts back and low where the stock meets the receiver and it is very nice; great cheek weld.

Drilled mine far back as I could due to it be thicker

It’s a personal preference. I know folks that like the meadow creek mounts that go on the vent rib, and I know folks that like the speed bead.

Mine is mounted towards the back of the receiver like the picture in the previous post.

The farther back it's mounted, the more the sight itself disappears. I like to throw the gun up and with both eyes open just see the dot floating and not see the sight itself so much.

Mine is mounted on the vent rib. Don't really have much of a choice on an O/U.

Gundoc did the drill and tap on the gun in the photo, btw. As always, he did a great job.

Hard to beat a sumtoy base.

I bought a Speed Bead for my SBE and then never mounted it. Started hunting with the 20 gauge and don't plan to use the 12 again. But I really liked the idea of being able to get the FF3 dot right over the bead in the sight picture. If the mount ever moved, you should be able to compare it to the bead and tell.

I’ve got the speed bead on my 12. I really like it as it allows me to see my rifle sights co witnessed.