Quote Originally Posted by SAWMAN View Post
I would be REALLY surprised if any combo of scope,rings,or base,would produce any degree of accuracy if mounted to the top of the carry handle.
Plus . . . the scope will be positioned waaaay too high for proper cheek weld. You need to get yourself a flat top for the longer range targets.
I remember the Colt scopes that they gave us for our different Colt "Commando Carbines". They were better than open sights . . . but not by much. --- SAWMAN
I had a trijicon acog mounted on this rifle (on the carry handle) for years before this adventure. It would shoot “groups” with the acog. The acog mounts directly to the carry handle without any rails or anything, exactly how these scope mounts I’m trying mount to the carry handle. The best groups I shot with the 4x acog were around 2” with factory ammo. Now with the scope I occasionally shoot a group, but most times it will cluster 3 shots together with 2 shots Willy nilly at random places. So I know the rifle is capable of 2” groups, and feel like the scope mount I was using was the culprit with my crazy fliers. I’m not going to drop the $$$ on a new upper, armalight is way expensive. I typically use 3/4” risers on all my flat top ar’s, so the carry handle actually puts the scope in perfect position for me. I’m not expecting match type accuracy out of this pencil barreled monster, I’ll be happy with 2” groups with a decent hunting bullet.


JTD