How to mount a Viridian RFX-45 on a Weaver base: it is a Aimpoint ACRO / Steiner MPS enclosed-emitter reflex, so it needs a Weaver-compatible Aimpoint ACRO / Steiner MPS mount, not a Picatinny one.

Updated 05 September 2026.

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Fit a Viridian RFX-45 on a Weaver base

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The Viridian RFX-45 is a Aimpoint ACRO / Steiner MPS optic. Here is the Weaver-compatible mount it needs and why a Picatinny footprint mount may not seat on a Weaver slot.

Direct fitThe Viridian RFX-45 reaches a Weaver base through a Weaver-compatible ACRO-plate Picatinny mount. A Picatinny version of the same footprint mount may not seat, because its 5.23 mm recoil lug can be too wide for the 4.57 mm Weaver slot. Buy the Weaver-cut mount, or fit a Picatinny base first.

OpticViridian RFX-45Aimpoint ACRO / Steiner MPS

seats on

RailWeaver rail4.57 mm slot, narrower than Picatinny

Fit readoutBench figures

Fitment

Optic type

enclosed-emitter reflex

Mount

Weaver-compatible Aimpoint ACRO / Steiner MPS mount

Mount the Viridian RFX-45 on Weaver

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The Viridian RFX-45 is a Aimpoint ACRO / Steiner MPS optic, so it needs a Aimpoint ACRO / Steiner MPS mount. On a Weaver base that mount has to be a Weaver-compatible version: Weaver slots are narrower and spaced differently from Picatinny, so a full-width Picatinny recoil lug may not drop in.

If the only Aimpoint ACRO / Steiner MPS mount you can find is Picatinny-cut, the cleaner fix is to replace the Weaver base with a Picatinny rail, then use the standard Aimpoint ACRO / Steiner MPS Picatinny mount. Check the mount clamps square before locking it down.

Related fitments

›Viridian RFX-45 on a Picatinny railthe Picatinny case
›Viridian RFX-45 footprint and mountthe optic
›Weaver railthe base
›Picatinny mount on a Weaver railwhy the lug matters

Questions and answers

Fit a Viridian RFX-45 on a Weaver base?

The Viridian RFX-45 reaches a Weaver base through a Weaver-compatible ACRO-plate Picatinny mount. A Picatinny version of the same footprint mount may not seat, because its 5.23 mm recoil lug can be too wide for the 4.57 mm Weaver slot. Buy the Weaver-cut mount, or fit a Picatinny base first.