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Offline Noclutch

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Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« on: May 14, 2020, 08:17:03 PM »
Super brief intro- new here to CZ, and a new Scorpion carbine is waiting for me to pick her up :)

Duty will be plinking, targets and irons on my property at less than 50 yards where we shoot pistols, and at the range someday I'm sure.  Don't see competition happening.  Possibly home defense use, though my pistols without optics have that base covered pretty comfortably.
58 year old eyes that need 2.0 readers, and use (upper) bifocals for shooting, no astigmatism. Briefly pondered a 3x, but it's totally overkill for my usage/range.

I'm still toying with the idea of whether or not I'm going to commit/limit myself by making co-witnessing with factory irons a factor in my red dot selection.  Thought about something like a HS 510C, but don't want to commit to that as a stand alone optic.  Love the idea of bigger glass though.  I think I like green reticles, but can be flexible on that one.  Like circle dots.
First, are there any 30mm optical red dots that can fill the co-bill?
If no, which 20+ mm ones can given the low factory sights?  Suggestions?  503CU-GR vs Romeo5xdr?  Any open reflexes that can co-witness on a Evo?

If if just too limited, I may throw in the CW towel and use a riser that at least allows iron sight use underneath.
Budget up to around $300 fwiw.
Thanks for the insight.  Sorry if sounding like a newb, but I am LOL
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Offline Amegatek

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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2020, 08:48:08 PM »
I cowitness the Sig Romeo 5 with CZ iron sights on my Carbine.

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Offline Noclutch

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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2020, 09:15:40 PM »
Thanks for that Amegatek!  Is that absolute or 1/3 for you?

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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2020, 06:36:26 PM »
1/3 for me

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Offline AUG41

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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2020, 08:38:36 PM »
Did your carbine come with the CZ or the magpuls?

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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2020, 08:47:09 PM »
Mine came with CZ sights

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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2020, 06:58:50 AM »
Sig Romeo 5 none better for the $. Love em.
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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2020, 04:26:48 PM »
Replaced my Aimpoint T-1 on an AD quick release mount that obscured my irons with a stock Primary Arms SLX Advanced Rotary Knob Compact Red Dot Sight. Comes with a low mount. Gives lower 1/3 cowitness. I’m very happy with the swap and my T-1 is on another rifle.

Offline Noclutch

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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2020, 09:00:16 PM »
Thanks for the replies, guys.
Just got my Scorpion yesterday and ran a box through it today, with the installed Magpul sights.  While they seem "OK", I can see myself wanting better iron sights product, such as their Pro series. I also now have a 503CR-GR on order.  Looking forward to zeroing it all!
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Offline Angel Eyes

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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2020, 08:47:52 PM »
I have a Scorpion Evo 3 S1 and I"m looking into red dot sight options.

Does anyone know if the Holosun HS510C will co-witness with the factory iron sights?   Thanks.

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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2020, 12:41:31 PM »
I have the holo 507c v2 on a ADM qd mount that perfectly absolutes with my factory czs

Offline Noclutch

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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2020, 07:56:24 PM »
Did your carbine come with the CZ or the magpuls?

Mine came with Magpuls- my mistake for assuming that it would come with CZ irons and not digging into this Evo thread enough to figure this out before posting my query.
Anyways, my Holosun 503CU should be arriving this week and I will report back to anyone interested on if they (MP) co-witness (Holo) or not...

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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2020, 10:25:29 PM »
I have a Scorpion Evo 3 S1 and I"m looking into red dot sight options.

Does anyone know if the Holosun HS510C will co-witness with the factory iron sights?   Thanks.

The 510C will not co-witness with the CZ factory sights. It’s an AR-height optic, so it will co-witness with the Magpul sights or any other 1.41” high sights, but the CZ sights are far too low for it.
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Offline Noclutch

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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2020, 09:31:44 AM »
I have a Scorpion Evo 3 S1 and I"m looking into red dot sight options.

Does anyone know if the Holosun HS510C will co-witness with the factory iron sights?   Thanks.

The 510C will not co-witness with the CZ factory sights. It’s an AR-height optic, so it will co-witness with the Magpul sights or any other 1.41” high sights, but the CZ sights are far too low for it.

So my Magpuls and 503 CU should play well together?   Looking forward to that if so!

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Re: Short list of co-witness-able red dots?
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2020, 08:06:11 PM »
Anyone know if a RMR on a low mount will give me a lower 1/3
or similar with the low mount?

Cant seem to find any pics of the sight picture. Seems theres options out there for cowitness which is what I dont want.