suggest a slug gun optic

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Vermonter

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I am building a slug gun out of my mossberg 500. It came with the 18.5 rifled barrel and an el cheapo scope. I have used the gun for turkey hunting and so forth with the longer barrel and am satisfied with that.

I recently did some bear hunting and the slug setup quickly revealed its shortcomings. The scope that came with it barley holds a zero and doesn't seem to have been designed to be shotgun specific. This gun was the dicks combo gun.

I purchased a blackhawk spec ops camo stock with recoil supression and camo foreend.

I want to top this off with a specialized optic that is designed for shotguns. I'm thinking something in a low power with a red dot or an acog variety. Obviously I will not be making any shot over 100 yards so high power is not needed.

Anyone have any nice optics they use on 12 gauge slug guns?

Vermonter
 
I love my 2X7 burris fullfield II. 35mm objective lense gathers light well. 2X most of the time but higher magnification if needed. I tried some reddot sights but they had poor light transmission in low light.
Dave
 
Vermonter, in addition to low power, a shotgun scope is happier if it's parallax is factory adjusted for 50-yards, not the 100-yards for a typical rifle.

Like Dave, I'm happy with the Burris scopes I own. You can't beat the Burris Forever Warranty.
 
Rather than a regular red dot, ever considered an EOTech? I have one on my shotgun and I can't think of a better setup to have from 0 to 100 yards.

The 65 MOA circle allows quick target acquisition when time is critical and your are close to the target. The 1 MOA dot allows you precise aiming for those 100 yard slug shots....and you don't worry about parallax with an EOTech. It works for deer, turkey, and bad guys. ;)

You can shoot both eyes open while that hologram looks like it just floats out there past the end of the barrel.

I couldn't be happier with mine. I have it on my FNH SLP Mk1.


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Aimpoint Ethen

The aimpoint looks nice and low profile. How do you like the battery operated optic? I have never used one so I don't know what to expect. Also if I may ask what did you give for it?

Vermonter
 
Honestly I have the same gun and thought the same way as you that I want low power and make the animal get close. While at the range I discovered its no problem to shoot 125 yards without holdover and can hold a 4 inch group at 200 with minimal holdover. I ditched my 1.5 to 4 and bought a 3x9 Nikon Slughunter BDC 250 and its great. Nice low 3 power for in the woods or walking in low light and the high power for fields and what not. I love it and would recommend it to anyone
 
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