I won't go into the various permutations of what I've tried, but I have a solid solution now.
The x95 rail is basically at the same level as the stock, so a 1/3 co-witness optic height acts like a full co-witness height. Rather than get extra high rings or a different optic mount entirely, I used the vortex mount that came with my 1-8x and added a 20MOA riser. I didn't need the 20MOA, just the height boost, but then I got to thinking, if I put the 20MOA on backwards, would it help me cancel out some of the extreme height over bore nonsense the x95 has? Todays test makes me think 'yes'.
I put a 25 yard zero on the rifle with it impacting about 3" low with 55gr. At 150 yards it was dead on, just put the center dot of the reticle on the plate and it's good. At 200 yards, the first hash mark on the "MOA BDC-2" reticle is just about perfect. I ran out of ammo for the day before getting to try 250, but at least I know I'm solid out to 200.
The 25 or 50 yard zero doesn't work well on this rifle from what I've found, you end up doing all sorts of hold-unders at any range I have access to.
In real life people claim they can see that 20MOA downward tilt on the optic, doesn't show up too well in the photo, but the rifle sure looks cool in it.
The x95 rail is basically at the same level as the stock, so a 1/3 co-witness optic height acts like a full co-witness height. Rather than get extra high rings or a different optic mount entirely, I used the vortex mount that came with my 1-8x and added a 20MOA riser. I didn't need the 20MOA, just the height boost, but then I got to thinking, if I put the 20MOA on backwards, would it help me cancel out some of the extreme height over bore nonsense the x95 has? Todays test makes me think 'yes'.
I put a 25 yard zero on the rifle with it impacting about 3" low with 55gr. At 150 yards it was dead on, just put the center dot of the reticle on the plate and it's good. At 200 yards, the first hash mark on the "MOA BDC-2" reticle is just about perfect. I ran out of ammo for the day before getting to try 250, but at least I know I'm solid out to 200.
The 25 or 50 yard zero doesn't work well on this rifle from what I've found, you end up doing all sorts of hold-unders at any range I have access to.
In real life people claim they can see that 20MOA downward tilt on the optic, doesn't show up too well in the photo, but the rifle sure looks cool in it.
