[Joejojoba111]

http://www.ehobbyasia.com/ebayphoto/scope/gp_m16rail_6.jpg

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ctd_images/product_images/777/ARR-079.jpg

http://www.gunaccessories.com/AR15/AR15Leatherwood&Scope.jpg

And then I saw a second-hand Fed Ord ar-15 sscope mount like the gunaccessories one. I get the impression that those are the best design, especially for a bushnell 3-9x scope?

Thxnk

[ocabj]

http://www.armsmounts.com/catalog.php?action=124&item_id=1

[Joejojoba111]

Oh crap, is this one of those "you get what you pay for" situations? Why can't I have a dirt-cheap scope mount hold a zero? Life's unfair.

[P0832177]

ARMS makes one with with a cantalever forward mounting area, too. This also secures to the front of the carry handle. ARMS 39A (http://www.armsmounts.com/catalog.php?action=124&item_id=41)

Another idea is to bed the scope mount to the carry hand so as to provide a better interface with the carry handle.

[Harry Tuttle]

Life is not unfair

professional problems require professional solutions,
in other words,
you only buy quality once

on the A2 carry handle the ACOG and the Colt 3 or 4 x 20 scope work well

adding a mount and rings and an optic on top of the carry handle
moves the "height above bore" well into chin weld territory

most magnifying optics AR shooters set up a flattop

[Joejojoba111]

Ok, thx. Poor old Bushnell, never gets used.

[Henry455]

I also would suggest an arms mount but I perfer this one: http://www.armsmounts.com/catalog.php?action=124&item_id=74 , it allows you to move the scope, especially if it is a long scope, futher foward.

[Joejojoba111]

This isn't going to win anyone's respect, but for $8.99 I don't see how I can go wrong buying the cheapo MacCheapy off ebay first, and if it's total crap I will hardly notice the money missing when I sink $60 on the ARMS mount... I have to do it... Will to resist fading...

[Bainx]

I am absolutely delighted with the Leapers copy of the Colt short carry handle scope. It has enough magnification to get me great groups out to 200 yards. About $40. It also features the bullet drop compensator but admittedly, I have not experimented with it yet.