Rear sight adapters suck. If you aren’t sure whether you will like a red dot and want to try it out, then a rear sight adapter is a reasonable solution for a range gun. I wouldn’t trust one for defensive purposes. If you know that you are going to change over to using dots, then direct mill. Like anything, dots have advantages and ... More @Wikipedia
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