High End Defense has brought out an interesting new pistol optics mounting system at the 2024 NRA Annual Meeting. This new magnetic red dot mount allows users to add on a pistol dot onto a non-optic ready pistol easily utilizing the rear sight and magnets. So you no longer need to have any milling on the slide done, and no mounting plates or tools are needed for a pistol red dot. Instead, it locks into place using two components. The High End Defense rear sight first needs to be installed into place in the rear sight dovetail. Then the magnetic mount keys into place on the slide and the rear sight to lock into place.
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These magnetic mounts and red dot sights have all been tested at NTS, an accredited NIJ-certified lab, with thousands of rounds run with the mount and a 50lb pull test to the magnetic mount itself. Even after all the testing the High End Defense still retained a proper zero.
[NRAAM 2024] Magnetic Red Dot Mount from High End Defense Key Features
- Ships with 4 Red Dot Models – Red & Green Dot, Red Reticle, Red Dot Side loading battery
- Mount Material – 6061 T6 Aluminum alloy
- Compatible Pistol Brands – Glocks, SIG, SAR, HK, Beretta, CZ, Bersa, Springfield, Taurus, and Tanfoglio
- Compatible Optics – Trijicon: SRO, RMR, Ameriglo: Heaven, Holosun: 507, Primary Arms: Classic Series
- Upcoming Models – 1911s
- Ships with – Red dot sight, Magnetic Mount, Picatinny Mount, Iron rear sight, Rubber lens cover, Hex keys, Screws and cleaning cloth, Manual
- MSRP – $345 – $365
- Available Now
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