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After market sights?

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Back in the late 1970's or so (does it make me seem like a grizzled Gabby Hays like character when I type that?) a friend was putzing around with a pump shotgun and found an interesting rear sight set up. basically it was a curved section of metal with a typical inexpensive rifle tangent sight on it with your basic notched elevator (see any of a bejilion .22 rifles and Winchester 94s) that one simply "super glued" onto the shotgun barrel. I seem to recall there was also a front sight base that was also to be glued on that included a high visability pyramidal front sight of some sort of plastic.

Anyone make something like that today? When I search for shotgun sights all I find are the light tube front sights. Do I understand correctly that many of those are held in place only by them being a magnet? How secure are they and would "super glue" make them more sturdy?

Also if one were to sodder a sight onto the chamber area of a break action shotgun would the heat cause any sort of degradation to the chamber area making it unsafe to shoot? I am thinking Ghost ring here for a gun primarily used with slugs.

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Try XS sights. Vangcomp could also silver solder on a front sight with a ghost ring rear. I know that you can buy a Remington 870 20" barrel that has simple rifle sights preinstalled.
 
last line from my original post.....

"I am thinking Ghost ring here for a gun primarily used with slugs."

While I have bird and small game hunted with your basic bead only shotgun, I have taken a professional course on using the shotgun as a weapon using Ghost Ring sights for delivering birdshot, buck and slugs. I found the factory Ghost Ring and high front sight on the Mossberg 500GS to be excellent for someone who primarily uses rifles and handguns.

In the way back I used tangent style sights on an Ithica pump that seemed excellent for slug and buckshot use.

I am just thinking of ways to make the "truck gun" 18.5 inch barreled cylinder bore shortened single shot often featured in this area of THR more all around useful.

-kBob
 
Don't know exactly where you're going with this, but:
1. I'd 2nd the XS Sights recommendation - thumb thru their online stuff for something that you're looking for?
2. I had a gunsmith install one of their Big Dot Tritium front sights on my 590A1 Mossberg. I think he may have used something like JB Weld and / or solder? He did an excellent job - neat and looks factory.

I originally thought I wanted a the ghost ring model Mossberg when I got it, but decided I prefer the traditional bead system.

I currently have no rear sight - I have a Picatinny rail bolted to the rear, and use the center groove of the rail as my rear sight.
 
Lot of sights are silver soldered on. Heat doesn't bother silver solder, but it will superglues. Mind you, you're not going to be in a fire fight so the heat won't be there long.
Ghost rings are really big peep sights and are for speed shooting. Mostly used with buck shot vs slugs.
Have a look at William's Gun Sights. All kinds of shotgun sights, glow in the dark included, but also ghost rings and other types. Not stupid expensive either. http://www.williamsgunsight.com/
 
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