ADE Red Dot Mounting Plate for Glock, Taurus GX4,G3C,G3 with Factory Steel Sight for Vortex Venom/Viper,Buris Fastfire

Works fantastic and super easy setup. Product came early as well.

I just installed the ADE Glock red dot mounting plate model D1 on my Gen 3 Glock 23 and I’m fairly impressed. I used a sight pusher to take the factory rear sight out of the frame after soaking it in CLP for an hour. The ADE plate has a separate dovetail piece that slides in the slot of the Glock’s frame just like the rear sight. The plate then mounts to the dovetail piece with two Phillips head screws that I recommend using blue locktite on. Your results may vary, but my piece slid freely into the Glock’s slot almost half way. I then used a wooden (non marring) clothespin as a punch and drove the piece in the rest of the way and centered it with some light taps on both ends until it was even. The plate is just slightly wider than the Glock frame so you have a little wiggle room if the piece isn’t perfectly centered. The plate has radiused sides that match the radius of the Glock’s slide so the plate appears thicker in my picture than it really is. I’d say the plate rises above the top of the slide about 4mm. The plate has two threaded holes where the red dot mounts with screws and four indexing pins in the corners that fit my Burris FastFire III perfectly. The ADE mount comes with two different sets of mounting screws and the short set was correct for the FastFire III. Yes, the sight is higher than a slide with a RMR cut, but I don’t want to spend $200 for a slide when this $15 mount will work just fine for me. The only bad thing I can say about it is the finish is definitely not as durable as the Tenifer on the Glock, mine had a very tiny scratch to the bare metal on the edge that I touched up with a Sharpie. The ADE mount is black and matches the FastFire III. Glock’s are really a dark gray so it’s not a perfect match to the gun but there’s so little that shows you can’t really tell. Overall I’m very satisfied with this purchase and will update this review after I’ve put a couple hundred rounds through it to see how it holds zero.

Not a universal mounting plate, will only work for ade red dots in assuming bc the 4 stabilizer studs in the corner. Ok that’s fine, my mistake but one of the screws wouldn’t catch anyways, so one was tight the other free spinning no matter how hard I pressed in my screwdriver or what angle I took, yet not attached to the slide it would catch. Just weird. They also only sent two of those screws so maybe it was the screw but no extras to replace it with. Chalking this one up to a loss. I have a Taurus g3, unless you’re getting an ade dot then go for something else, picatinny maybe. This was money down the drain for me, not worth the time or shipping costs to send back for a $15 refund. So you sent me crap and took my money, I leave a bad review. It’s that simple.

Works great. Took me a little while to figure out how it works but finally put it together to work on my Taurus G3C.

It seems to be well designed however it did not work for my Taurus GX4. It may be good for yours but save time and make sure your exact model is listed.

This mount replaces the pistol's rear sight and can be good for those who want to experiment with inexpensive red dots before buying higher-end sights and milled slides, though the sight will sit noticeably higher without slide milling. The mount does not have rear sights built in, so there's no quick backup if the optic fails, and no possibility for co-witnessing, but the Dueck Defense model that does include sights costs almost 10 times as much! Also, some more expensive optics such as the Sig Romeo may include rear sight slots in their cases.This mount seems to be well-made, and feels solid. It's particularly attractive for those who don't have sight pushers, as my dovetail insert piece fit loosely enough into a Gen 4 Glock 19 to be easily installed by hand. The mounting base is slightly curved on the sides, conforming to a stock Glock slide to both capture the insert and to be self-centering. The base mounting screws tighten up the assembly. But, it may not work on a custom/aftermarket slide that does not match the cross-section profile of a stock one.A range trip illustrated two possible issues. One is that no thread locker is supplied on/for the screws. If installed without this, the mount will probably shake loose before the first magazine is emptied. Also, the mounting screws are Phillips-head. It's hard to imagine loosening these without completely stripping out the heads after thread locker is applied, unless the slide is heated. I'd like to see hex or Torx head screws here.The mount appears to have a somewhat "standard" pattern used by Burris, Docter, Vortex, and other sights.In summary, a good mount that is exceptionally easy to install with no special tools. Just remember the blue thread locker...

Liked the way it fit, way it matched in color and quality of material.

After reading all the reviews about screws stripping out, I was very careful when I installed it on a Glock 23. I did have to force the insert into the dovetail with a brass punch but I actually liked the idea of it being held tightly in place. I used Blue Loctite and carefully snugged the screws down. After firing about 50 rounds, the screws that attach the plate to the dovetail insert were loose. Not ready to admit defeat by two tiny pieces of metal, I thoroughly cleaned the screws and screw holes and reinstalled with Red Loctite. I also tightened the screws considerably harder and let it cure for a couple of days. Problem solved. After another session at the range, the mount was still tight and solid. I still used Blue Loctite on the screws that hold the sight to the plate since it hadn't moved and you have to remove them to change the battery. There are similar mounts that are more expensive, but I don't know how they could work any better.