Shotgun scope

[Woodhaven]

Pros and cons of a shotgun scope? I've always used open sights

[Happy]

Depends on what you are shooting.
Pros: no battery
           Magnification
           Light gathering ability.

Cons: looking like you picked a fight with Mike Tyson if you get improper eye relief or are shooting from an awkward position.

[MK M GOBL]

Been "all pros" for me! Get the right scope, right mount and mounted right and done. Shooting a scoped gun for 20+ years.
It's the Circle of Death

MK M GOBL

[1iagobblergetter]

All pros for me also. I've hunted Turkey's with a scoped gun for years now and wouldn't go back to iron sights.
I don't want to jinx myself,but I haven't had a miss sense.

[Woodhaven]

I use a scope on a rifle but if it kicks hard I usually wind up with scope eye and start flinching that's what I would hate to start happening then I would miss.

[ShootingABN!]

So back thirty years or so. A lot of shotguns shot close to point of aim. Then cam fiber optic sights, and super tight chokes.....

So for me shooting a .660 and custom shells they produce great patterns in 10" circle at 40 yards. My old turkey scope has a diamond head and neck fit in it... Within 40 yards.  Also the pattern at 20/30 size of ping/golf ball. With a scope it helps me have pin point aim.

Make sure you get a shotgun scope, because of eye relief. I haven't had a problem yet.... Knock on wood.

Good luck.

[Woodhaven]

 :blob10:thanks

[Rick]

  Guess im old and old fashion . Just been looking down the barrel at turkeys for 42 yrs .

[davisd9]

Used a Simmons Pro-Diamond for about 5 years.  I really liked it and it can help pick out a hole to shoot through that you may not see with your eye.  Last year I went to a gun that shot bead and I enjoy that.  If I get a gun that needs a sight I will use a scope, but I prefer the bead if possible.

[Sir-diealot]

Pro: Cheaper than getting new glasses.

[the Ward]

Pro: Cheaper than getting new glasses.

Lol i'm right there with ya! I started out using a plain old bead. As ammo and chokes got better and patterns got tighter and tighter i started using fiber optic sights. Then my eyes started having a hard time focusing both sights, and i started to use a red dot( had used them on my deer slug gun for years prior) Then, red dots started to look like Haley's Comet, and now i'm a scope user. All the sighting systems worked great, and i actually took my last gobbler with the open sights wearing my walmart "cheater" glasses. But i really like the scope, it's a bushnell dusk to dawn model for shotguns with "6 of eye relief, so no worries about getting whacked with a heavy recoiling gun. It is 1.75 to 4 power and i just leave it on it's lowest magnification for hunting. I mounted it with old style weaver rings (That can be easily removed with a coin if need be) and i leave the weaver base mounted to gun all year round. Before season i just reinstall scope and use a laser boresight to make sure its still close and then it only takes a shot or two to confirm zero. Love it!

[Sir-diealot]

Pro: Cheaper than getting new glasses.

Lol i'm right there with ya! I started out using a plain old bead. As ammo and chokes got better and patterns got tighter and tighter i started using fiber optic sights. Then my eyes started having a hard time focusing both sights, and i started to use a red dot( had used them on my deer slug gun for years prior) Then, red dots started to look like Haley's Comet, and now i'm a scope user. All the sighting systems worked great, and i actually took my last gobbler with the open sights wearing my walmart "cheater" glasses. But i really like the scope, it's a bushnell dusk to dawn model for shotguns with "6 of eye relief, so no worries about getting whacked with a heavy recoiling gun. It is 1.75 to 4 power and i just leave it on it's lowest magnification for hunting. I mounted it with old style weaver rings (That can be easily removed with a coin if need be) and i leave the weaver base mounted to gun all year round. Before season i just reinstall scope and use a laser boresight to make sure its still close and then it only takes a shot or two to confirm zero. Love it!

They quoted me $750-$1000 for new glasses, I can't do that and get a vehicle on the road. The new scope and having the gun drilled and tapped is going to come to less that half the $750 I will get new glasses by deer season though.

[the Ward]

Ouch! That is a real pain in the pocket for sure!

[Sir-diealot]

Ouch! That is a real pain in the pocket for sure!

Had between 3-5 surgeries on my eyes when I was young depending on which relative you talk to. I remember 2 for sure and I think a third but I am not sure, I was so young they all kind of blend together.