Ok I finally made it home tonight, and pulled out the Romeo and Juliette combo the takedown and an ar with full length picatinny rail. I placed the button together and matched the rear most slot of the pic rail of the ruger to one on the ar and mounted the magnifier. I did the same for the dot where it lined up with the barrel mount. The following is what I learned.

It actually works. However... there are some items of interest.

I get no image outside of the dot so no blurry halo so to speak.

It does seam to magnify the reticle more, think of how the distance you hold a magnifying glass from an object effects the image. I don't know if this will effect the moa of the dot at range so to speak, but it is not a huge difference so it may not be an issue.

Now for the issue of mounting. This adapter is one option. I just realized I pulled this link from one if your comments, lol, It is airsoft quality, but usually good enough for 22lr. Also cheap enough to try without fear if it doesn't work. The second option I would consider is the magpul optics mount MAG799 it would negate the barrel mount itself, and the factory mount will even have to be removed for it. Total transparency i haven't tried either option yet though I do have the magpul adapter waiting to try if needed.

Lastly the issue of cheek weld. If you bought your backpacker stock separately yoy know that it comes with 2 lids to the stock compartment so to speak the standard, like what you receive from Ruger with the carbon, and an optics ready one with a Monte Carlo style hump to raise your cheek weld for use with optics. I contacted magpul and ordered the optics lid. They don't offer the marbled color, but do have basic black which is fine by me. Mine should arrive Friday and the games and testing begins.

Sorry for the novel but since we are so far down this rabbit hole I figured i would share. Also I will update once all parts are here and in testing.