Does anybody continue to shoot their shotgun after it is patterned and ready for the season? I have always been the kind of person who will leave my guns alone once they are sighted in. Just don't want to take the chance of messing something up, like the sights.
Once its right and your confidence is good put it away until opening day. I have no reason waste money on ammo and besides, turkey loads are not fun to shoot.
I shoot a older 870 express what I consider the good ones from the early 90's no optics just upgraded front bead shoot it once a yr before season just to make sure
I shoot my turkey gun regularly before and during the season. The season usually has cooler temperatures at the start and downright hot weather by the end, So I need to be sure my gun is ready to roll from start to finish. In the years I've had a Burris Speed Bead on the gun it has stayed dialed in.
It only takes a shot or two to make sure you're still on the money. Turkey shells aren't so expensive that you can't afford to burn a few during the season to make sure everything's right. It beats finding out the hard way that your gun's off. Good luck this year.
What state(s) will you hunt this year?
Jim
Once I have my gun patterned I'll check it before the season starts. Mostly to verify my red dot. Other than that turkeys and coyotes are the only thing I pull the trigger for.
Quote from: Cut N Run on March 02, 2015, 12:03:44 AM
I shoot my turkey gun regularly before and during the season. The season usually has cooler temperatures at the start and downright hot weather by the end, So I need to be sure my gun is ready to roll from start to finish. In the years I've had a Burris Speed Bead on the gun it has stayed dialed in.
It only takes a shot or two to make sure you're still on the money. Turkey shells aren't so expensive that you can't afford to burn a few during the season to make sure everything's right. It beats finding out the hard way that your gun's off. Good luck this year.
What state(s) will you hunt this year?
Jim
South Carolina. You?
Quote from: deerbasshunter3 on March 02, 2015, 04:38:03 AM
Quote from: Cut N Run on March 02, 2015, 12:03:44 AM
I shoot my turkey gun regularly before and during the season. The season usually has cooler temperatures at the start and downright hot weather by the end, So I need to be sure my gun is ready to roll from start to finish. In the years I've had a Burris Speed Bead on the gun it has stayed dialed in.
It only takes a shot or two to make sure you're still on the money. Turkey shells aren't so expensive that you can't afford to burn a few during the season to make sure everything's right. It beats finding out the hard way that your gun's off. Good luck this year.
What state(s) will you hunt this year?
Jim
South Carolina. You?
North Carolina.
My gun only shoots at turkeys or paper so once its sighted it goes into the safe.
Quote from: Gobble! on March 02, 2015, 07:44:12 AM
My gun only shoots at turkeys or paper so once its sighted it goes into the safe.
Mine only shoots paper and turkeys too. Do you shoot with beads on the gun, or do you use any kind of added sight/scope? I'm always as careful as I can be, but have bumped the gun before enough that I needed to make sure zero wasn't affected.
In 2008 I missed a huge gobbler at my old lease that I'd been after for a couple of years. I'd bumped the gun a few of days before and never checked to see if the sight was off. I finally managed to get that bird in close (20 yards) and missed him twice because the gun was shooting high & right. He was a freaking stud of a bird we'd named Gobzilla. Since then, I switched to a Speed Bead, which is more out of the way and less likely to get knocked off zero. I still shoot it at paper at least once a week during the season or anytime it gets bumped.
Jim
Quote from: Gobble! on March 02, 2015, 07:44:12 AM
My gun only shoots at turkeys or paper so once its sighted it goes into the safe.
This but before every season starts or if I travel with it, I shoot it to make sure that its still on target (I use a red dot).
I shoot a scope so if I have any reason to think that it may have gotten bumped off then I will check it again.
I get tired of worrying about whether or not my deer rifle gets knocked out of sight, so that is one big reason I chose not to go with a scope for my shotgun. I use the Hi Viz Tri Viz sight. It has held up really well so far.
:agreed: :agreed:
Quote from: bammerslammer 50 on March 02, 2015, 12:25:27 AM
Once I have my gun patterned I'll check it before the season starts. Mostly to verify my red dot. Other than that turkeys and coyotes are the only thing I pull the trigger for.