I have one of these holding a 25mm Ultradot on my Tantal. It is high, but not too high to be useful. I even have a spindly Polish sidefolder, and if I plant the stock rod on the side of my jaw, it keeps my head in alignment. I tried a solid stock on the Tantal once, and gave an excellent sight picture. If you're wanting to mount a red dot sight, it's fine. You don't need to have a cheek weld for the red dot to work. It's very much "point and click." I went shooting with people who were NOT gun people, everyone could hit with this combo - it was very intuitive even to folks who are not gun enth