[Jaegermeister]

I'm trying to help out a buddy. He has a Remington 11-87 and purchased a factory rifled slug barrel with open sights. He wants to mount a scope or red dot, but wants to avoid a saddle mount.

I had a great idea: How about mounting a Weaver rail on the barrel itself where the rear open sight would attach. This would require a long eye relief scope or a 50mm red dot scope. I thought that would be good because the scope would always stay sighted to the barrel and not on a saddle mount on the receiver. He uses the 11-87 for waterfowl with the standard barrel.

I went a different route and got a Hastings Paradox cantilever for my 870 Wingmaster. I use a 1.5 to 5x scope on that fully rifled barrel with great results.

Does anyone mount Weaver rails on slug barrels in the forward position on a slug barrel? If not, I'm going to have to apply for a patent and hire a gunsmith.

Thanks

[Skunkabilly]

I think XS systems might? Have you checked with them?

[skippie]

Knight and GG&G also made a base for a scout type system on a shotgun barrel...

[El Tejon]

Didn't Scattergun Technologies do this with an 11-87 before Bill bought them? Do not remember what type of mount they used. Maybe find an old catalogue?

[M. Jager]

Don't know how to go about doing it on an 1187, but my father and I have used the scout setup with great success on ithaca 37s.
Some things for your buddy to think about:
1 Scout scopes of limited field of view which is a handicap of moving game in heavy timber.
2. We use leupold handgun scopes and while they hold zero well, they do not pick up as much light as traditional scopes.
Where a scout scope really shines is moving game in the open.
That being said I am moving away from the scout setup and probably going to a hastings barrel

[Gordon]

Where a scout scope REALLY shines is when the sun is at your back at low angle like morn and evening. All you see is a big glare in lens because your head doesn't shade the lens!Cooper never said anything about THIS little problem.
:rolleyes: