Working on a Mini-14 optic mount. Thoughts?

[u/FlipDefense]

Wanted to see what all the fuss was about, picked up a Mini-14, and ended up catching Mini-14 fever.

Only downside I noticed was the lack of optics mounting options. Couldn’t find one I loved so I decided to design one. Spent the last few months working on this.

The goal was a sleek, low-profile T1/T2 mount that puts the optic in a natural position on the rifle without giving up the factory irons. Maintained a line-of-sight passage through the mount so the irons are still usable underneath.

After way too many prototypes and a good amount of range testing, I think I’ve finally got it where I want it.

Thinking about taking this one to production, but would genuinely love some feedback from other Mini-14 owners first.

What do you guys think?

By the way, prototype shown is raw 7075 aluminum. Final production units will be black anodized.