Questions on new 870P barrel

[monduconstruct]

Hello Everyone,

I just purchased a new 18.5" parkerized barrel for my 870P with a bead sight and fixed modified choke. Until now I've only used the original rifled barrel that came with the gun, which had no choke.

I'm wondering 3 things:

1. Can anyone give me some advice on how to sight using the bead? Everything I've read says a good "cheek" weld is required to use a bead. Other than that, should your line of sight go straight down the receiver and barrel to the bead, or do people raise their eye up a little higher than that?

2. How do I clean a barrel with a fixed modified choke? Will the stiff bristles on my normal cleaner hurt anything?

3. While screwing on my Scattergun Tech 2-shot mag extension, the "U" piece that is supposed to cradle the barrel, has already put tiny marks into the barrel's parkerization. Does anyone have any tips or tricks to prevent this while screwing the extension on? It's a shame to nick up a new barrel like this!

Thanks all!

 

[dfariswheel]

In order:

1. With a bead sight the bead is the front sight and your eye is the rear sight.
That's why it's important to try to get your head in the same spot each time.
Fact is, everyone uses a shotgun differently.
Some use the bead, some don't even see it.
It all depends on what works for you, and how well the gun fits you.

2. Just clean the barrel as you normally do. The bronze brush certainly won't harm the barrel or choke.

3. You can prevent scratches on the barrel by putting black tape inside the clamps, or even better, very thin pieces of rubber.
Something that might work is to buy some of the liquid you dip tool handles in to give a rubbery grip and dip the ends of the clamp.

Bottom line here is that the barrel will get scratched up, just like pistol magazines get scratched. It's just the nature of a clamp.

 

[Youngster]

Parkerizing is actually a fairly delicate {and rust prone} finish unless its got a bunch of grease baked into it. If its properly loaded with grease its fairly hard to mark up, but in the end its supposed to be an ugly working finish that's there to take knocks.

 

[Shawn Dodson]

Mount the shotgun and obtain a good cheek weld on the butt stock. Look through the shallow channel that's machined in the top of the receiver and focus on the front sight bead. To obtain proper sight alignment, visually center the bead in the middle of the channel. You should see only the spherical bead. To engage a target, "put" the bead on the center of the target and press the trigger. The pellets will pattern on the target around your bead.

Suggest you also see: How to Aim a Home Defense Shotgun Fitted with a Bead Front Sight

 

[monduconstruct]

Thank you guys very much for the responses. Shawn, the picture and link were exactly what I was looking for! Dfariswheel, the tool grip dip you mentioned sounds perfect. I'll check that out asap.

As always, I appreciate it!