Ruger Revolvers and Red Dot Sights

[BigJohn]

New to the forum and and somewhat new to revolvers. I plan to purchase a Ruger 357 revolver, or larger. My question is this: Have any of you placed a red dot sight on one of these larger revolvers, and if so, is there anyway to keep from "modifying" the revolver itself? I dont really want to drill and tap. Hoping for some kind of mini mount. I am planning to use my Vortex Venom sight. Thanks for advice!

 

[gman45]

I have a Ultradot L/T mounted to a Weigand mini mount on my Ruger SBH 357 Maximum. No drill no tap. So far so good.

 

[BigJohn]

Thanks gman45! Iwill check it out!

 

[pleadthe2nd]

I have the vortex venom on my Ruger super redhawk 44mag, and the viper on my gp100, both have weigand no drill mounts and work flawlessly

 

[BigJohn]

Thank you Bearcat. It sure helps to hear from the tried and true. I love the venom and I am glad to know it can be mounted like that.

 

[dtrayers]

Another alternative mount. You can see my GP100 here: http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=246461

 

[MaxP]

I have a Ultradot L/T mounted to a Weigand mini mount on my Ruger SBH 357 Maximum. No drill no tap. So far so good.

This is my suggestion as well. Here is a picture of that same setup.

 

[contender]

Welcome to the Forum!
Weigand is what a LOT of us use to mount dots on our Rugers w/o doing the D&T thing.

 

[BigJohn]

Thanks Contender, MaxP, dtrayers and pleadthe2nd...sure appreciate everyone's posts in helping me out. This is a great forum and I'm glad I located all of you. Thanks again.