Redring sight for shotgun

[bigbearbear]

I bought a Redring sight for my wife recently and got to test it out today at the range. Perhaps I've mounted it wrong or something but what I've found is that, unlike what is advertised, the red ring image does not indicate where your shot pattern will be exactly.

What I've found is that about 90% of the shot pattern will be higher than where the red ring was aimed at, I tried this a few times on the patterning board to confirm this.

In other words, when we shoot trap with it, we find that we have aim low with the red ring.

I want to find out if anyone else here uses this Redring sight on their shotgun(s) and if you encounter the same thing?

One thought I've had after today's range session is that it might be due to the location on the vent rib where I've mounted the sight. As the vent rib has an angle, the sight is probably affected by where I mount it on the rib.

Thanks.

[Fjold]

No site will work if you just bolt it on your gun. It has to have some way to move the image to correspond to the point of impact. Even then it will only be accurate at the distance that you test it at.

[BigFatGuy]

There are + and - adjustments marked on the side of the sight... might those be the solution?

[jpscoot_21]

On shotguns, that is how the front sight and point-of-impact work. The majority of the pattern is above the front sight.

[Thefeeder]

Bigbearbear...out of curiosity, why are you choosing to use such a sight?

I'm asking because it may cause a lot of problems in the form of bad habits that will take a lot of time and effort to undue.

[Steve_In_29]

Depending on the shotgun you might not be able to adjust the sight properly. I tried one on my wife's Mossberg .410 and could never get it right.

[bigbearbear]

There are + and - adjustments marked on the side of the sight... might those be the solution?

Those are actually the on/off switch, and also for you to adjust the brightness manually if you want (it auto-adjusts by default, very cool feature).

Thanks for checking though.

[bigbearbear]

Bigbearbear...out of curiosity, why are you choosing to use such a sight?

I'm asking because it may cause a lot of problems in the form of bad habits that will take a lot of time and effort to undue.

I think its fun to try new things, plus, my wife has been having trouble with her gun mount but she refuses to use a wooden stock shotgun that can be fitted to her. Says it looks old and like a coffin to her.

So I tried having her use the Redring and it seems to work well for her. After the initial getting used to the Redring (its hard not to look at the red ring and focus on the clay....), she was hitting pretty well. I've also noticed that her hits are also now very solid, dusting the clays actually.

For me, I typically shoot one-eyed, but when I tried the Redring, and using my wife's shotgun to boot, I find that I can now shoot with both eyes open. Pretty nice actually. Here's the thing though, you CANNOT use the Redring sight like a red dot on a rifle. If you try to aim at the clay like a rifle with a red dot, you'll miss, every-single-time. I tried, I know . You'll still have to shoot your shotgun like you would normally, but the red ring gives you a visual confirmation if your mount is correct and if your eye pointing correctly with the barrel. You'll still have to do the same things like follow through and look at the clay etc.

The issue of shooting high is something I still have to work on though, I've mounted the sight to the rear of the vent rib now, hopefully this will correct its tendency to shoot very high. Hopefully we'll have the chance to try it this Thur, wife and I don't really celebrate Thanksgiving and the range is open.

[Thefeeder]

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My advise is to chuck the sight as quickly as possible.

[bigbearbear]

My advise is to chuck the sight as quickly as possible.

I was wondering when someone would post a reply like this, hah!
No thanks, I like the Redring.