Who has rifle sights on their 870 police shotgun?

[dasanii19]

Hey Lee, would you be doing your own silver soldering? or taking it to a gun smith? Do you have to refinish the barrel after the sight is installed?

 

[Robert Hairless]

But i'd say it's all what you learn to use effectively. I ran most of my class with Louis Awerbuck using an 870 with GRs, and couldn't tell that it slowed me down at all.

Interesting, and I've wondered about whether there's truly some inherent superiority in one kind over the other or whether it depends mostly on what one knows how to do and transfers.

 

[Fred Fuller]

dasanii19,

I'll be taking it to our family gunsmith, who will use it as a lesson for me on layout and drilling and tapping (the receiver for the rear sight) and silver soldering. This time around I'll probably be mostly watching but those are skills I can learn, and I want to learn how well enough to manage on my own.

The barrel will need refinishing after the front sight is attached, right now it's finished in pretty abused parkerizing while the receiver is typical Express matte blue. I'm planning on getting it parkerized, a friend has a set of tanks.


Robert,

Properly installed GRs take advantage of the eye's natural tendency to center the top of the front sight in the aperture of the rear. It might not be a reflex, exactly, but it sure seems close. And when you get used to using them, good GRs are as fast as any iron sighting system going.

lpl/nc

 

[dasanii19]

Very cool Lee, id be very interested in seeiig the finsihed product, or better yet possibly even the steps in process with some details