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Bead sights -- what is your favorite?
4/22/2012 2:31:49 PM
I have a 590A1 with a standard black bead. I like a bead for a quick and dirty sight acquisition, but I'm interested in maybe upgrading to brass (or other).
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
4/22/2012 3:19:09 PM
XS big dot. i have 2 on my 870s. Very fast, and you get tritium also. Easy to install yourself with jb weld
4/22/2012 9:11:35 PM
Originally Posted By bco175:
XS big dot. i have 2 on my 870s. Very fast, and you get tritium also. Easy to install yourself with jb weld
XS big dot. i have 2 on my 870s. Very fast, and you get tritium also. Easy to install yourself with jb weld
WOW, great minds think alike. 2 on two 879s, could not be happier. Shot one yesterday at a 3 Gun (no auto-loader yet) match and it was very very fast. Very fast. I also like having it on my HD shotgun. You will need to practice but that goes for anything gun related.
4/23/2012 12:54:11 AM
4/23/2012 12:56:23 AM
Not white. Not Tritium.
I like red fiber optics that I then black over with a Sharpie. Too bright of a bead takes my eye off the rock, I start bead checking birds, measuring leads, and shooting behind them.
I like red fiber optics that I then black over with a Sharpie. Too bright of a bead takes my eye off the rock, I start bead checking birds, measuring leads, and shooting behind them.
4/23/2012 12:05:59 PM
4/23/2012 8:48:46 PM
Meprolite tritium bead.............25.00
4/26/2012 9:37:47 PM
Thanks for all the input, gentlemen.
I definitely think I have to spend some more time around the shotgunners/3-gunners at my club to see the various sights and compare the sight pictures firsthand.
I'm surprised and interested by the recommendations on the red fiber-optic末whether muted with a Sharpie or not末mostly because it was so unexpected.
I took a moment to look at the link with the Easy-Hit Sportsman's red fiber-optic Percula posted, and it seemed to have some interesting qualities (maybe not for a HD shotgun末but for shotguns in general) because it forced you to get a consistent and precise cheek weld, and failing to do that would result in your NOT being able to see the red dot.
It seemed like a good training aid, to build末and force you to build末repeatability/consistency with your sight picture, and also alert you when there were cross-eye dominance issues.
In the short term I think I'll screw on a simple brass bead while I explore the other options out there, just because it is so easy and cheap末but I'll definitely be looking at the other options.
Thanks again for the input.
I definitely think I have to spend some more time around the shotgunners/3-gunners at my club to see the various sights and compare the sight pictures firsthand.
I'm surprised and interested by the recommendations on the red fiber-optic末whether muted with a Sharpie or not末mostly because it was so unexpected.
I took a moment to look at the link with the Easy-Hit Sportsman's red fiber-optic Percula posted, and it seemed to have some interesting qualities (maybe not for a HD shotgun末but for shotguns in general) because it forced you to get a consistent and precise cheek weld, and failing to do that would result in your NOT being able to see the red dot.
It seemed like a good training aid, to build末and force you to build末repeatability/consistency with your sight picture, and also alert you when there were cross-eye dominance issues.
In the short term I think I'll screw on a simple brass bead while I explore the other options out there, just because it is so easy and cheap末but I'll definitely be looking at the other options.
Thanks again for the input.
4/27/2012 9:46:04 AM
Originally Posted By prone:
Meprolite tritium bead.............25.00
Meprolite tritium bead.............25.00
This. I have one on an 870 and an Ithaca 37.
4/28/2012 8:59:28 AM
Bradley Skirted shotgun bead - brass - midwayusa
4/28/2012 10:08:46 PM
Originally Posted By bco175:
XS big dot. i have 2 on my 870s. Very fast, and you get tritium also. Easy to install yourself with jb weld
XS big dot. i have 2 on my 870s. Very fast, and you get tritium also. Easy to install yourself with jb weld
I've thought about this myself, but since you have to cement this over the bead if I remember, how do you ever get it off, if, for instance, the tritium fades out?
4/28/2012 11:07:16 PM
I use a red fiber optic bead on my 3-gun shotguns and don't have any problems hitting aerial targets, targets on the ground, or slug targets. My pump gun is a Benelli Nova with the factory red fiber optic and standard mid-bead. My semi-auto is a 24" FNH SLP vent rib with a HiViz fiber optic similar to the one posted earlier.
HiViz Magni-Comp
HiViz Magni-Comp
