scope on a 12 guage?

At some point in life you have to concede that you can no longer shoot well with iron sights, the usual cause being presbyopia. I have a Leupold 2.5 compact on my 870, which I use for both deer and turkeys by switching chokes.
FWIW
YMMV
 
i plan on useing it for deer and i dont feel comfortable with the open sights, i dont know if its me or the gun or the sights but it never seems to shoot right, it always shoots high and to the right. ill have to experiment some more. Also, its a winchester 1300 and ive only shot about 30 shells out of it, does it need to be broken in? i ask because i had a gun and i had to shoot iabout 60 rounds to break it in before it started to group right.
 
Make sure you get the proper scope!! I have seen guys put riflescopes on their shotguns and end up with nice gashes on the bridge of their nose or above their eye. Compact is the way to go. I use a Leupold 2.5 compact on my 11-87.
 
I have a Saiga-12 that with bead sight and shoots a little to the right. I personally intend to put a reflex hologram site on it. I like the compactness and quick aquisition in case I need get a reliable running shot. Hard to follow a swift moving deer with magnifing tube scope.
 
I'm a relatively young guy (33) and missed a few deer with my 870. I stuck a cheap 2.5 bushnel on it and have been dead nuts since. Also found more accuracy dropping back down from 3 inch.
 
2 3/4" slugs generally shoot better in most guns, I would put a red dot or hologram sight scope on top and use it.
Since most shots will be inside 80 yards it really makes no sense to have magnification on a shotgun scope.
Early morning, and late evening shots will be better served with a scope that doesn't have magnification.
Also a red dot or hologram scope will give your faster target acuisition on a moving target.
If your gun continually shoots off no matter how you adjust your scope, your problem MAY be the increments in your scope or the ammunition you are using may not be what your gun likes to eat.
Try some different slugs and see if they improve,if not, I would get rid of the scope you have and replace it, or check to see if the increments in your scope are centered.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top