Defensive shotgun sights

[DNS]

My 870 got a set of HI VIZ snap ons added to the rib.
When i want to change up from shot i can then easily shoot slugs to a hundred yards.

 

[minutemen1776]

I'm betting a lot of you come from a clay shooting background. Me, I come from a video gaming background, and I'm much more used to seeing ghost rings or red dot/holographic reticles, so that's what's faster for me.

I really hope that wasn't a serious comment.

 

[MCgunner]

I'm betting a lot of you come from a clay shooting background. Me, I come from a video gaming background, and I'm much more used to seeing ghost rings or red dot/holographic reticles, so that's what's faster for me.

ROFLMAO!!!!!!! THAT right THERE is FUUUUNNY! Made my day.

 

[Fred Fuller]

No, I come from a basic redneck country boy shoot-a-shotgun-at-whatever-needed-shooting background. That meant squirrels, rabbits, doves, quail, deer, feral dogs and other varmints etc. Got my first set of rifle sights on a smoothbore 'slug' barrel in the mid-1970s, didn't get around to GRs till the 1990s, didn't get my first formal defensive shotgun class till 2006. Had a LOT of trigger time on pumpguns by then. Still learned a lot from Louis, though.

Clays? Never found a recipe that made them edible so never used up shotgun shells on them.

 

[snooperman]

All my shotguns have bead sights. Never needed anything else.

 

[Black Knight]

I have used both bead and rifle sights on shotguns for defensive use. At work we have Mossberg 500A with bead sight. At home I have 2 Remington 870 Wingmasters with 20" barrels and rifle sights and a Winchester 1200 with 18 " barrel and rifle sights. While I can use either bead or rifle sights I prefer the rifle sights for all around use.

 

[Dave McCracken]

Fred and I grew up together, several hundred miles and a few years apart.

First set of sights on a shotgun, mid 70s, Mossberg bolt action used for deer. First peep(GR) in the early 80s.

 

[CGRifleman]

I have XS rifle sights on my 870, but the best setup I've ever used was a red dot. At work we have 14" 870s, which we at one time fitted with EOTech 512s. It was a little bulky but the fast target acquisition and more accurate shooting compensated. Too bad we weren't allowed to keep them. The only bad thing about a red dot is that not all of them are designed to put up with 12ga slug recoil (see Trijicon Reflex) so you have to be careful which brand you buy.

 

[Skribs]

I really hope that wasn't a serious comment.

It was entirely serious. When my Dad decided one day to teach me how to shoot (I was a teenager at the time, had played several FPS games but never actually shot a gun), I ended up doing better than him, and figuring out the controls for the guns a lot quicker, because I was used to using them in-game. Granted, some games are horrible (i.e. counter-strike), but some games have a decent representation of the firearm's control scheme (America's Army).

And yes, in video games, shotguns don't have bead sights. I'm used to seeing that ghost ring or that holo sight - or at worst an open rifle sight. This is what I am used to, and its the quickest for me. If I practiced with a bead I might get better with the bead, but as it is, I'm faster with what you'd see on a rifle.