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Scopes for Shotguns
Uploaded on February 19, 2009Do I have to have a scope mounted on my shotgun? I know that anything I add to my weapon will be a help, but I do not want to drill into it. Are there any scopes out there that are not mounted by drilling rings in the barrel?
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I have used scopes on turkey guns for a few years now and really like them. Several manufacturers make no-gunsmithing "saddle mounts" that slide over the receiver of your gun and attach with screws in the holes that hold the trigger group pins. B-Squared and Aimtech make mounts for a wide variety of different. Weaver and several others offer mounts for popular models like the 870 and Mossberg 500.
I use a B-square saddle mount on my 870 for deer hunting, but stick with the Hi Viz fiber optic sight for my turkey gun. I could go with a scope but have never felt a need to do it.
i havent' put them on my turkey gun, but on my slug gun I have tried various scopes. The side mounted saddle style mounts were cheap and didn't require gun modification, but with slugs I had some wandering zeros, but with the larger pattern of a shotugn blast, I doubt it would make much of a difference and probably be worth your money.
Use cantilever mount rifled barrels with a low or fixed power scope for pump slug guns. For turkeys, go with Truglo type sights or use a red dot sight. The precision and expense of a scope is not necessary for turkey hunting, although many enjoy a scope. The more I think about it the more I think I would too, but people got by just fine with just iron sights and brass beads back in the day, and I got by just fine with an NEF Turkey gun with just a bead and a plain, extended x-full choke.
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I have used scopes on turkey guns for a few years now and really like them. Several manufacturers make no-gunsmithing "saddle mounts" that slide over the receiver of your gun and attach with screws in the holes that hold the trigger group pins. B-Squared and Aimtech make mounts for a wide variety of different. Weaver and several others offer mounts for popular models like the 870 and Mossberg 500.
I use a B-square saddle mount on my 870 for deer hunting, but stick with the Hi Viz fiber optic sight for my turkey gun. I could go with a scope but have never felt a need to do it.
i havent' put them on my turkey gun, but on my slug gun I have tried various scopes. The side mounted saddle style mounts were cheap and didn't require gun modification, but with slugs I had some wandering zeros, but with the larger pattern of a shotugn blast, I doubt it would make much of a difference and probably be worth your money.
Use cantilever mount rifled barrels with a low or fixed power scope for pump slug guns. For turkeys, go with Truglo type sights or use a red dot sight. The precision and expense of a scope is not necessary for turkey hunting, although many enjoy a scope. The more I think about it the more I think I would too, but people got by just fine with just iron sights and brass beads back in the day, and I got by just fine with an NEF Turkey gun with just a bead and a plain, extended x-full choke.
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