How to mount a Vortex Defender ST on a Picatinny rail: it is a Leupold DeltaPoint Pro open-emitter reflex, so it takes a DeltaPoint Pro-footprint Picatinny mount. Which mount to buy and the height to pick.

Updated 05 September 2026.

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Fit a Vortex Defender ST on a Picatinny rail

Name: Fit a Vortex Defender ST on a Picatinny rail: published specification
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The Vortex Defender ST is a Leupold DeltaPoint Pro optic. Here is the mount that puts it on a Picatinny rail and the footprint it must match.

Direct fitThe Vortex Defender ST is a Leupold DeltaPoint Pro open-emitter reflex, so it mounts on a Picatinny rail through a DeltaPoint Pro-footprint Picatinny mount. Buy the DeltaPoint Pro-footprint Picatinny mount, not a mount cut for any other footprint.

OpticVortex Defender STLeupold DeltaPoint Pro

interface

MountDeltaPoint Pro-footprint Picatinny mount

seats on

RailPicatinny rail (MIL-STD-1913)5.23 mm slot, 10.01 mm pitch

Fit readoutBench figures

Fitment

Optic type

open-emitter reflex

Mount the Vortex Defender ST

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The Vortex Defender ST is cut to the Leupold DeltaPoint Pro footprint. To put it on a Picatinny rail you fit a DeltaPoint Pro-footprint Picatinny mount: the mount carries the Leupold DeltaPoint Pro pattern on its top and clamps the rail below, so the sight screws down to the pattern it was made for.

A mount cut for a different footprint will not take the Vortex Defender ST. Match the mount to the Leupold DeltaPoint Pro pattern, and pick the mount height for the cowitness or heads-up hold you want on the rifle or carbine.

Related fitments

›Vortex Defender ST footprint and mountthe optic
›Leupold DeltaPoint Pro footprintthe pattern
›How this footprint reaches a railthe general fit
›Picatinny rail (MIL-STD-1913)the base

Questions and answers

Fit a Vortex Defender ST on a Picatinny rail?

The Vortex Defender ST is a Leupold DeltaPoint Pro open-emitter reflex, so it mounts on a Picatinny rail through a DeltaPoint Pro-footprint Picatinny mount. Buy the DeltaPoint Pro-footprint Picatinny mount, not a mount cut for any other footprint.