Docter / Noblex footprint
The Docter / Vortex / Burris red-dot footprint: the optics that share it, the ones that will not fit, and how to mount it.
The Docter or Noblex footprint is shared across a group of budget and mid-range dots: the classic open-emitter Vortex Venom and Viper, the Burris FastFire and the Meopta line all use it, so a base cut for one usually takes the others.
Check the generation before buying a plate. The older open-emitter Venom uses this Docter cut, but the newer enclosed Venom uses the Leupold DeltaPoint Pro footprint instead.
It is not the RMR pattern. A Docter-footprint dot will not sit on an RMR-cut slide, and an RMR will not sit on a Docter base. Use a Docter-pattern plate or Picatinny mount to fit any of the sights in this family.
- ›Docter / Vortex / Burris red dot on a Picatinny railvia a footprint mount
- ›AR-15 red dot mount heightcowitness and 1.93
- ›Picatinny rail (MIL-STD-1913)the base red dots mount on
Sources: Red dot footprint families, OpticFootprint · Guide to red dot footprints, OpticsPlanet · Red dot footprint compatibility guide, Athena Precision