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Midwest Chassis, Stock too high for sights. Does anyone make an offset buffer tube / stock?

Hey guys. Long story short, I bought the Midwest Industries 10/22 Chassis recently. It was my dream stock for this rifle and I finally found a used one for sale at a decent price.

Well, now that I have it, I understand why I never saw any pictures of rifles running iron sights, and only red dots and scopes.

Your usual 10/22 stocks will sweep downward in the buttstock area, for a proper cheek weld. Obviously, an AR buffer tube is inline with the stock and flat.

As a result, I can't get a proper view through my iron sights, and I even have Tech Sights on it that are higher than the OEM irons!

Needless to say I'm disappointed. My only last resort was thinking if someone made some sort of offset adapter or something for a buffer tube to lower it a half inch or so, so that your cheek weld is more in line with where it should be on a 10/22.

I'm shocked I've never seen this talked about before. The 1022 sights are much much lower than AR-15 sights, so not sure why Midwest designed their chassis to have it nearly inline rather than an inch lower.

Thanks all for the advice.

Posted Mar 5, 2026, 2:37 AM UTC

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