I recently picked up an SFAR and threw a DNT Zulus on it for pig hunting. I'm curious if it would be possible to throw a red dot Holosun on the side of the Zulus using the picatinny rail or if I need a dedicated offset mount. Admittedly a newbie when it comes to Holosun and zero'ing requirements. Pic for reference:

You have a digital night vision scope, so it needs an IR illuminator to see at night. That's what that's for. You can add a red dot, but you still need an illuminator mounted somewhere

I would not mount it there; that is not an intuitive location for an offset dot. Get something like this: Arisaka Offset Mount, which has lots of different plates to mount just about any dot.

I run a Badger Ordinance Condition One Scope Mount on my 3 gun rifle that has an offset dot mount attachment. Having your offset at 45-35 degrees offset from the main pic rail is the ideal placement, not 90.

Capt. Augustus McCrae said:

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You have a digital night vision scope, so it needs an IR illuminator to see at night. That's what that's for. You can add a red dot, but you still need an illuminator mounted somewhere

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The IR illuminator is on the other side of the scope. This rail highlighted in red is for the version of this scope that includes a range finder, which I don't have.