870 ghost ring question

[Sicarius]

Ghost rings are great for slugs. In IPSC, you usually see people run with vent rib with a bead or fiber optic front. This is probably the best compromise for accuracy and fast target acquisition.
Kevin

[CK_32]

I just think they make the gun look BA.

I saw this and this is exactly what I want accept side mounted light.

[Dhena81]

They do make a Shotgun look BA. Scattergun tech makes good ghost rings but the Vang comp is better IMO since there is more protection. One issue with the front sight is if you solder vs glue is you'll have to refinish the barrel. I wouldn't recommend you drilling and tapping your receiver unless you know exactly what your doing I watched someone put mine on and I don't have the tools to do it properly.

The best place to have your light is on top or on the bottom depending on the weapon especially if you plan on switching from left to right.

One of the best ways to find out for yourself how much faster a bead sight is than ghost rings is shoot a little trap or skeet.

[CK_32]

Yea I agree with it being mounted underneath but not on the forend like that. My cousin has a rail forend on his 590 and a light attached to the forend and we did some shooting at night with it on a camping trip and when racking the lights beam moved all around and a few times went off target which I didn't like and my buddy had a side mounted light on the actual barrel and tube and it stayed on target a lot better when racking the gun and the wiggle of the forend allowed the beam to move around which I think all that movement in a HD situation you be harder to stay focused and keep the beam on the intruder and possibly lose sight if he decided to dip out of the light.

[tacticalcity]

Ironically I tend to be more effective with just a simple bead.

[CK_32]

Ironically I tend to be more effective with just a simple bead.

Your not the only one if heard that from. Only people who really defend the ghost ring sights with experience is guys who shoots slugs 90% of the time. Everyone else says bead has always served them well for HD or competition style shooting with tactical shotguns and in most cases seems to be faster.

[MossbergMan]

I concur with the bead sight being totally satisfactory for most all SG applications. I have both kinds of sights on various SGs I own and I favor the plain old bead hands down.
With that said, IF you want GR sights....Vangs the guy.
Scattergun/Wilson GR sights are okay, but there's no witness marking for windage adjustment or any repeatable sight adjustments. They are totally exposed if the gun is dropped or falls over. Even Mossberg's GR sight, IMO are better than Wilson's.