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Just put a Vortex Viper onto M&P 9L Ported . Can't believe how easy it was. Remove two screws from the top plate on the M&P and peel the plate off. Clean number five plate from the M&P with CL&P. Place the vortex Viper 6 mao on top and screwed it down with the appropriate screws in the MEP kit which are already Loctite. Did not loosen the lock screws for the height and windage adjustment. The cowitnessing was rather remarkable. The heights turned out to be exactly what's on my M&P Pro 9 mm 5 inch. After a session at the range I don't believe I will have to change the zero setting. If I did I would have to either remove the back sight to unlock the adjustments or take it off and make the adjustment then put it back on. Am very pleased. Rich

Brooke, sounds like your exactly where you should be. Glad you were able to find someone that would listen. Have a great holiday!

The best Rudy Project for Rx insert is the Exemption in clear. Doesn't work for clay target shooting however because the frame is not high enough on your face

Jim, The inserts can be problematic. One of the biggest problems is the added weight. If you're doing any significant action shooting the weight becomes a problem. If you're mainly doing bull's-eye it works much better. I wrote an article withTodd Bender a few years ago. it was an interview format. It addresses the use of light related to Shooting. This may help. I'll find the link. Three of the top five sporting clays shooters in the world today shoot with clear lenses. I am a firm believer in minimizing the amount of lenses that we usein letting in as much light as possible. There is a specific niche. If you do a lot of handgun shooting along with clay target shooting you can set up one insert for clay target shooting and one insert for handgun. However, usually the best thing to do is the simplest. Hope this helps.......RIch

Youngeyes, Yes, Sufield Medical Center

Youngeyes. Then I won't have all this fun..........Rich

New Colonial, Sounds like you have to add another step (+.25) to the dominate eye Rx. That sounds like the best solution. Have your eye doctor check it out. Ask him if you can bring your firearm in with you. Many will do that.................Rich

Herky, That all sounds right. As long as you can clear A Zone you should be OK doing what you are doing

Swanny, I would be happy to go through it with you. Before we move forward I have to knowe 2 things. The first is how old are you. The second is what's you're shooting history? What disciplines do you shoot?

Mike, How old are you and what type shooting do you do most. Bulls eye or Action

Hi Zack, It's difficult to be very definitive on a personal basis because there are simply so many factors involved. Having said that; however, there a certain truths that are written in stone. (At least for now lol) If you close an eye or use a patch then the eye that is open obviously acts as the dominate eye. So, if you closing the right eye then there is no problem. With both eye's open the degree of dominance plays a significant role. Fortunately in pistol shooting where the end of the barrel is not in a fixed position like with a shotgun or a rifle there is a great deal of latitude related to alignment. Head tilt and hand position are great mediators. As long as the dominant position is aliened between the front sight and the target then the perceived point of impact is the same as the actual point of impact. However, if the front sight is not between the dominant eye position and the target then the perceived point of impact will be different than the actual point of impact. (Of course the more conscious you are of the front sight the more significant and the less conscious the front sight is the less significant, but that's another story) We have to understand this concept before moving forward. This may help in terms of understanding the dominant position. I'm having trouble sending the link over so do a Google search for: You Tube Dr. Richard Colo Dominance Understanding the dominant position you can see that if you correct the non dominant eye for the front sight then you take the chance with both eyes open of creating a point of impact that is perceived to be in a different spot then the actual POI. Example, If your right eye dominate and have the lens that clears the sight over the left eye it could look like your going to be shooting to the right so you move the POI to the left therefore the perceived POI is at the target but your really shooting to the left of the target. The best way to understand this is if you are right eye dominant hold your finger up and point to a spot on the wall. Now close your right eye. See how your finger moves to the right. In order to now put your finger on the spot you have to move it more to the left. Keep you right eye closed. Now you think you are aliened with the spot but open your right eye now (Dominant Eye) and you see your actually pointing to the left of the spot. Whew, All this gave me a headache I can't imagine how you folks that are still awake through all of this feel. Bottom line Zach, I don't think that's a good idea. Hope this helps..................Rich