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Shotguns with 2 beads, how to line them up

Started by ugaDAWGS09, February 20, 2019, 07:45:35 PM

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turkaholic

$40 truglo gobble dot. Both windage and elevation adjustments. All metal construction. You will spend more on shells trying to fix. Some shotguns don't shoot straight.
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shaman

Quote from: turkaholic on February 22, 2019, 08:06:14 AM
$40 truglo gobble dot. Both windage and elevation adjustments. All metal construction. You will spend more on shells trying to fix. Some shotguns don't shoot straight.

Amen to that.  I bought a Mossberg 500 out of the scratch-n-dent bin at Dick's years ago.  It was cheap, but it got the job done-- or so I thought.

It was wickedly out of whack.  I decided to mount a scope on it and deal with the subtleties after season was over.  Big mistake.  I got it sighted-in at 25 yards with the scope, but didn't realize it was still shooting  to the left  at 10 yards.  I had a gimme shot the next day on a fine gobbler, and watched the wad sail past my head.  I sent the barrel to Mossberg, and they sent me back a straight one.  Lesson learned.

BTW: If you can find a good gunsmith that knows shotguns, the old-fashioned way to fix your Auto-5 problem was to give it to a 'smith that knew what he was doing, and he'd bend the barrel to adjust it whatever way you wanted.  A buddy of mine suggested this as a fix to the Mossy.  Luckily  I didn't have to go that route.

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g8rvet

I had a Benelli Nova that was so so out of whack on the barrel that I just got rid of it.  It was outside the max adjustment on Tru Glo sights!  I put a red dot on it and killed a few turkeys, but I just gave up on it.  Aggravating thing. 

My new turkey gun came with a ghost ring rear sight and a front bead.  I took one look at it and hated it.  But everyone told me to just get used to it, it would be fine.  They were right.  It is 4 for 4-from 38 to 24 yards.  I now have a couple of ARs and it feels much more natural to shoot this way.

I agree. If you are making adjustments to how you shoot, it will cost you a turkey without the proper sights.  And I KNOW this is true, because I missed 2 with that Nova until I got the red dot.  One was in a thick swamp and there were vines and I had a weird angle to hold it up and just whiffed.  I may miss another, but not to save the little bit it costs to get a proper sight.  You won't regret it. 
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Dtrkyman

I prefer double beads, my sbe2 shoots dead on with the beads, rear bead centered on front bead.

I use a 20 now and had to put rifle sights on it, too bad I like the view with beads better!


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terp

You can try a different choke too.. often that will fix it

Greg Massey

Quote from: Dtrkyman on February 22, 2019, 04:48:19 PM
I prefer double beads, my sbe2 shoots dead on with the beads, rear bead centered on front bead.

I use a 20 now and had to put rifle sights on it, too bad I like the view with beads better!


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I have the best of both worlds i can use my beads and i can use my scope ...