swampcrawler
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Ok so a few of you know that my current budget defensive shotgun is my 870 express with 19 in cut down vent rib. When funds allow I do plan to pick up an 18.5 inch plain barrel and possibly send it to Hans Vang for his forcing cone/jug choke work. Or, actually I want an old wingmaster police gun or a police magnum when I can afford it.
But in the meantime I hate having no sights as it makes it very difficult to accurately use slugs. A of now it looks like my best option is the Williams Fire Sight Slugger set. It's a fiber optic rifle sight set that clamps (very securly from what I can see) to the vent rib. They are made of aluminum, fully Windage/elevation adjustable, and les than 40 bucks. The problem is they will give me a very short sight radius.
Perhaps I could use the fire sight front sight with a ghost rear? Or is there some way of getting a front sight for a ghost ring on a vent rib without it looking terrible that I've over looked?
I suppose I could remove the rib from the barrel, but I don't want to pay someone to re-park it, and I think a bunch of blotches of cold blue down the top of the barrel would look pretty rough. Any other ideas or opinions on the fire sights?
And I know that a bead is all I need for defensive buckshot but I want to be able to accurately place slugs at greater than buckshot ranges just for giggles mostly, and so I can use the gun to smoke piggies when hunting season opens up.
Thanks guys!!
But in the meantime I hate having no sights as it makes it very difficult to accurately use slugs. A of now it looks like my best option is the Williams Fire Sight Slugger set. It's a fiber optic rifle sight set that clamps (very securly from what I can see) to the vent rib. They are made of aluminum, fully Windage/elevation adjustable, and les than 40 bucks. The problem is they will give me a very short sight radius.
Perhaps I could use the fire sight front sight with a ghost rear? Or is there some way of getting a front sight for a ghost ring on a vent rib without it looking terrible that I've over looked?
I suppose I could remove the rib from the barrel, but I don't want to pay someone to re-park it, and I think a bunch of blotches of cold blue down the top of the barrel would look pretty rough. Any other ideas or opinions on the fire sights?
And I know that a bead is all I need for defensive buckshot but I want to be able to accurately place slugs at greater than buckshot ranges just for giggles mostly, and so I can use the gun to smoke piggies when hunting season opens up.
Thanks guys!!