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Hi! So, i've seen on youtube lots of shooters fitting optics, red dots on shotguns in US. Is it a bad idea or not? I guess it is for deer and slug (local laws there).

A pinch of salt is a better idea for slugs...

Two ways to do this.

Firstly buy a SG with a rail attached.

Second is to use a sadle mount or similar mount that attatches to the side of the receiver. I have seen this method cause problems to the opperating as it would appear to bend or flex the reciever to the point it interfears with oppeartion.

Sights, scopes dots etc are something you should try but on the field I have seen as many good scores recorded without as I have with.

DM

Dangermouse wrote:Two ways to do this.

Firstly buy a SG with a rail attached.

Second is to use a sadle mount or similar mount that attatches to the side of the receiver. I have seen this method cause problems to the opperating as it would appear to bend or flex the reciever to the point it interfears with oppeartion.

Sights, scopes dots etc are something you should try but on the field I have seen as many good scores recorded without as I have with.

DM

Thx for answer! Got gun already (mossberg pump), saddle mount is £50 on our amazon, in US only $22. So still looking for options. Thinking of a red dot maybe. Haven't decided yet. Just looking into the idea.

Dangermouse wrote:Two ways to do this

THIRD WAY is to use a Burris Fastfire speedmount.
Fits between the butt and receiver.

saddler wrote:

Dangermouse wrote:Two ways to do this

THIRD WAY is to use a Burris Fastfire speedmount.
Fits between the butt and receiver.

Hi! Thx! Where can You buy this in the UK?

Brownells in the USA sell them. ..plus you can pick them up cheap on Ebay

londonercsecse wrote:Hi! So, i've seen on youtube lots of shooters fitting optics, red dots on shotguns in US. Is it a bad idea or not? I guess it is for deer and slug (local laws there).

Some guys I do Practical shotgun with use optics but this then puts you in open class where anything goes (box fed mags, optics, ported barrels etc). They are great for slug matches, last year there was a guy in my squad on a slug match who had some old pump gun and he had a pop up metal sight on it and he aced virtually every shot and it really came into its own when we had a stage with clays hanging from string and also a stage with bowling pins, he got every single one but still only finished in the top ten and was beaten by many standard division shooters without sights.

I suppose it depends on how straight your gun shoots, one of my friends uses a beretta A400 and that is the straightest shooting gun I've seen so far, hits point of aim every time, whereas my benneli M2 shoots about 5" high and about 3" left at 20-25m with slug and before you say it its not just with me as a few have tried my gun after seeing my shot placement but they got the same results, so I would love optics on mine for slug as its damn hard to remember to adjust your point of aim during a stage.

I saw an optic sight from Easyhit on the bay going cheap and fitted it to an under/over 12bore.
It's a PSX 1000, it uses a partially reflective mirror to create the illusion of a red ring out infront of you. Just put the ring on a static target and fire, or lead it if it's moving. My first trial on clays resulted in an average of 10 out 12 hit.
It's not cheap, but certainly works.
It will only fit shotguns with a high rib as it has to clamp to it with allen screws.
Neo