I want to experiment with mounting my Viridian RFX45 to my Prodigy DS Compact. The RFX45 uses the Aimpoint Acro footprint.
I’d almost decided to buy the RFX44 because it has a slightly smaller stature (not quite as big as the RFX45), but that one also uses the Aimpoint Acro footprint. I’m thinking that the RFX45 should fit the Prodigy since the plate will raise the optic a bit, which should help with fitment. That’s what I noticed when I mounted the RFX45 to my Tisas DS9 Carry, at least (I also used an Acro-to-RMSc adapter to mount the optic).
In researching, it seems that I can use the Aimpoint Acro adapter mounting plate (SKI is PH5077N-ACRO-PLT-RET; plate number is A18B) from Springfield Armory. The cost is $129.
To cut costs, I searched for the A18B plate across the internet, to see if I could find it cheaper. The lowest I saw it was $99 but also was wary of shipping costs – in my experience, gun stores rape folks with shipping costs, which is why I was skeptical about obtaining the plate for less than $130. I found a seller on Amazon that sells the part for $109 and since I’ve Amazon Prime, shipping costs don’t exist for this item.
The plate should arrive by this coming Wednesday (6/18)…just in time for Juneteenth (ie, time to test via a range visit).
I’m not even sure I want to run such a large optic on my carry gun but I’m more curious than anything else. I might not even fit it this week, as I really don’t want to mess up the zero on my carry gun by removing my current optic, so I might wait until next year to try it – I do plan to purchase a Prodigy DS 5″ Comp or maybe an Emissary.