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caduckgunner
01-08-2008, 9:51 PM
I was wondering what everyone thinks are the best sights for a home defense (not combat) shotgun? I currently have a Tru-Glo snap on sight. It snaps around the barrel and butts up against the factory bead sight. I am considering getting Trijicon Shotgun night sights and having them mounted, but an not sure if I need them.


What I have
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p59/hidesertwheelin/Other%20hobbies/Win1300Defsight.jpg



What I am thinking of getting
http://www.brownells.com/Images/Products/892004004.jpg

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=13162&title=SHOTGUN%20ADJUSTABLE%20NIGHT%20SIGHTS

ar15barrels
01-08-2008, 9:52 PM
Is this for yard defense or home defense?
Inside the house, you won't NEED sights.

Stock to cheek, eye on target. ;)

caduckgunner
01-08-2008, 9:55 PM
House defense, including coyotes in the back yard ;)

emc002
01-08-2008, 9:58 PM
I love my red dot sight on my Mossberg 500 and it's cheaper and easier to install than the ghost ring sights.
Plus, my wife loves the red dot sight!

ar15barrels
01-08-2008, 10:06 PM
House defense, including coyotes in the back yard ;)

how can you shoot women and children?
Easy, you just don't lead 'em as much

Cheek to stock, eye on target.
Sights REALLY won't matter. ;)

Get what you want.

aplinker
01-08-2008, 10:27 PM
+1. For less than 30yds, if you've fired enough with a shotgun you really don't need sights at all. You just naturally point it. If you're shooting further ghost rings are nice. I hope you don't "need" tritium to shoot at long range as that likely means you aren't seeing your target. ;)

Cheek to stock, eye on target.
Sights REALLY won't matter. ;)

Get what you want.

ar15barrels
01-08-2008, 10:43 PM
+1. For less than 30yds, if you've fired enough with a shotgun you really don't need sights at all. You just naturally point it. If you're shooting further ghost rings are nice. I hope you don't "need" tritium to shoot at long range as that likely means you aren't seeing your target. ;)

My shotguns have ghost rings, but I'm a slug shooter.
Beyond 30yds, a shotgun stoked with shot is an "area weapon", not something you shoot at a "specific target" with.
Slugs make it 75yd capable on specific targets.
If you are not shooting slugs, the sights won't matter.

aplinker
01-08-2008, 10:54 PM
I have ghost rings, too. I was thinking of slugs beyond 30yds and agree. I only really focus on my sights when I'm shooting the 100yd plates with slugs. It's not much fun shooting buckshot at the 50yd metal because of the spread.

My shotguns have ghost rings, but I'm a slug shooter.
Beyond 30yds, a shotgun stoked with shot is an "area weapon", not something you shoot at a "specific target" with.
Slugs make it 75yd capable on specific targets.
If you are not shooting slugs, the sights won't matter.

randy
01-08-2008, 11:38 PM
Just a front bead or FO and practice you can hit 75 yd coyote size target no problem

rue
01-09-2008, 10:01 PM
Just a front bead or FO and practice you can hit 75 yd coyote size target no problem

With slugs?
I hit paper at 100 yards with a benelli nova with ghost rings with a slug and I thought it was just lucky.

Spdjunkie
01-09-2008, 10:09 PM
Inside the house, you won't NEED sights.Stock to cheek, eye on target. ;) +1 Agree, HD Wont/Dont Matter - 12GA Bird/Buck Shot [bb(s)] make up for the aiming "AS LONG long as your WITHIN pattern range/area", if your not.....well, you might have some legal issues :eek:

randy
01-09-2008, 11:54 PM
Yes with slugs A zone shots are done at 60 yards in a 3 gun match and that's under time pressure with only a front bead.

greggywhat
01-10-2008, 12:09 AM
red dot but all you need is the sound of the pump it will scare anyone

ar15barrels
01-10-2008, 7:43 AM
all you need is the sound of the pump it will scare anyone

http://ar15barrels.com/gfx/jeez.jpg

rue
01-10-2008, 8:10 AM
LOL@AR15 barrels

ar15barrels
01-10-2008, 8:14 AM
LOL@AR15 barrels

What's with the "sacramento" in your location now?
Thought you were a few hundred miles futher south before...
Am I confusing Rue with Roo?

scarry scarney
01-10-2008, 9:11 AM
I put those sights on my Rem 870, and I am VERY happy with them. With a cyl bore, using slubs able to hit the X ring with no problems out to 75 yards.

Black Majik
01-10-2008, 9:40 AM
Bead is still the quickest for sight acquisition inside a home IMO. a FO front sight would be nice too. Ghost rings and rifle sights take "some" time to line up, not a lot of time... but still aren't as quick to acquire as a single bead or FO.

sloguy
01-10-2008, 9:42 AM
practice practice practice! you dont need sights on a shotgun.

sight down the barrel and let'er rip.

1911su16b870
01-10-2008, 10:16 AM
IMO the best HD shotgun addon is a surefire/insight light, installed on the fore end or next to it. The sights are secondary IMO in that a bead works very well. I have both the bead and Scattergun Tech. peep/tritium post.

Two Shots
01-10-2008, 10:28 AM
Another vote for Bead in the house and a light would be a good addition.

caduckgunner
01-10-2008, 10:48 AM
IMO the best HD shotgun addon is a surefire/insight light, installed on the fore end or next to it. The sights are secondary IMO in that a bead works very well.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showpost.php?p=926544&postcount=131 ;)

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p59/hidesertwheelin/Other%20hobbies/Win1300Def1.jpg

bobfried
01-10-2008, 11:11 AM
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showpost.php?p=926544&postcount=131 ;)

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p59/hidesertwheelin/Other%20hobbies/Win1300Def1.jpg

You need to put a sock on!

jandmtv
01-10-2008, 11:49 AM
You need to put a sock on!


+1!!!:D

tombinghamthegreat
01-10-2008, 12:12 PM
Were is the best place to get a light for a mossberg 590?

ar15barrels
01-10-2008, 12:46 PM
Were is the best place to get a light for a mossberg 590?

Doesn't surefire make one?

http://www.lapolicegear.com/sushli.html

caduckgunner
01-10-2008, 12:47 PM
Doesn't surefire make one?

http://www.lapolicegear.com/sushli.html


If you get a Surefire Weapons light you will have to cut off the bayo lug if your 590 has one. otherwise it won't fit.

ar15barrels
01-10-2008, 1:00 PM
If you get a Surefire Weapons light you will have to cut off the bayo lug if your 590 has one. otherwise it won't fit.

When was the last time you used a bayonet on a shotgun?
The phrase "tits on a boar hog" comes to mind...

caduckgunner
01-10-2008, 1:13 PM
When was the last time you used a bayonet on a shotgun?
The phrase "tits on a boar hog" comes to mind...

I didn't design the damn thing, I'm just sharing info.

ar15barrels
01-10-2008, 1:24 PM
I didn't design the damn thing, I'm just sharing info.

I think if I owned a shotgun with a bayonet lug that I would get rid of the bayonet lug because it's more apt to snag on stuff than actually serve a purpose.