Wingmaster - can I remove the middle bead?

[oldguy870]

I am curious if it is possible to remove the middle bead on my Wingmaster? Does it screw off? Or, is it pressed in?

Does anyone like having a middle bead on a shotgun?

 

[NCsmitty]

The rear bead is supposed to center naturally as you look past it at the target. That's the theory.

I'm guessing it's pressed in.

Here's a pic of a replacement Rem Vrib front bead at Numrich Arms.


NCsmitty

 

[oneounceload]

All of my target guns and half of my field guns have middle beads - some I see, some I do not. In short, it isn't a big deal either way

 

[Virginian]

I haven't seen all of them, but the barrels I have seen with a middle bead, also had a Bradley style front bead, and both were screwed in. The ones with the single white metal front bead are pressed in.

 

[Geno]

Mine are all screw-in. But, why remove it?! Yes, I do like it.

Geno

 

[throdgrain]

Yes you can unscrew it, I did on mine - take care you dont damage the rib though!

 

[rcmodel]

Take it off?

Heck, I put them on if they don't already have them.

rc

 

[NoAlibi]

All my shotguns have a middle bead whether they came with one or not. The middle bead assures me that my face position on the comb is correct.

I’m sure you realize that the eye looking down the barrel is the rear sight; barring the use of rifled sights ghost rings and scopes. A middle bead assures me my face position on the comb is correct and therefore my eye is in the proper place.

For me the middle bead is a practice tool and not a sighting tool (except for trap) because I shoot from a low gun carry in International Skeet and field shooting. I practice mounting my shotgun repeatedly until I see the figure “8” formed by the smaller middle bead superimposed ahead of the larger front bead almost unfailingly. In actual shooting I never look for the figure “8” because I know instinctually it will be there after all that practice.

Keep the middle bead - it is your friend…..Doc

 

[throdgrain]

I use an easy hit sight on my shotguns to correct wrong eye dominance, therefore I take the middle bead off.

Horses for courses, innit?

 

[NoAlibi]

throdgrain: "I use an easy hit sight on my shotguns to correct wrong eye dominance..."

I've never heard of an "easy hit sight". Do you have a link for it? Is it anything like a Nydar shotgun sight? Thanks.....Doc

 

[throdgrain]

Better than that - here's a video