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Post by Admin on Jun 15, 2015 23:18:01 GMT
Can anyone recommend what's the best brand for optic mounted on a 12ga, both for tactical training and home defense?
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Post by optics guru on Jun 16, 2015 15:26:48 GMT
What kind of shotgun are you planning to mount optic
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Post by cowpie on Jun 17, 2015 0:01:02 GMT
I don't have near enough experience to recommend any particular model or brand, but I'll be glad to share my personal experience with the one that I got. My wife (who had never shot a gun before) decided that it would be good if we had a firearm for home defense. Living in a handgun restricted state I traded in a couple of my long guns for a Model 500 Mossberg 20 gauge. Since then we've gotten state pistol licenses and the 20 gauge has been replaced by handguns for home defense, although the shotgun is in battery and ready at a moments notice. Trying to squeeze more use out of all our possessions I figured the Mossberg would be good for deer hunting (bow or shotgun only where we live) but the single bead on the muzzle was just not gonna cut it. Being partial to Sig products when I saw that they had a Red Dot on sale for around $120 (as I remember) I bought one and then I got a pica tinny rail from Amazon. Mounting was a breeze. Used blue Loctite on all the mounting screws. It took a couple of trips to the range, but once sighted in, the red-dot and gun are more accurate than I am. I call it a virtual laser, no one can see but me. Haven't taken it in the woods yet but at the range it is FUN.  www.facebook.com/jeff.dein/videos/10203265272698637/?l=1060384236336715645Some pictures of the set-up:www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10201460287735141.1073742004.1414022146&type=1&l=7f39575c7e |
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Post by cowpie on Jun 17, 2015 12:56:55 GMT
Also, this'd be excellent for Turkey hunting as well. Bought a box of #4 shotshells and I'm planning to pattern the gun at different range distances.
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Post by Max on Jun 18, 2015 0:47:50 GMT
Make sure you take into consideration your rear sight is mounted on your optics rail, so whatever base that you select May be an inappropriate size if you want to retain your rear sight. So the solution is for you to purchase a longer mounting rail with a quick detached mounting system to retain the use of your factory sight.
Hope this will answer your question.
Max
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Post by Admin on Jun 18, 2015 6:03:19 GMT
Cowpie by the way that's a great video! What caliber were you shooting on the 2nd vid
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Post by cowpie on Jun 20, 2015 0:03:33 GMT
It's our 20 gauge with a Sig Red-Dot that I had mounted.
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Post by Admin on Jun 20, 2015 16:45:13 GMT
I don't have near enough experience to recommend any particular model or brand, but I'll be glad to share my personal experience with the one that I got. My wife (who had never shot a gun before) decided that it would be good if we had a firearm for home defense. Living in a handgun restricted state I traded in a couple of my long guns for a Model 500 Mossberg 20 gauge. Since then we've gotten state pistol licenses and the 20 gauge has been replaced by handguns for home defense, although the shotgun is in battery and ready at a moments notice. Trying to squeeze more use out of all our possessions I figured the Mossberg would be good for deer hunting (bow or shotgun only where we live) but the single bead on the muzzle was just not gonna cut it. Being partial to Sig products when I saw that they had a Red Dot on sale for around $120 (as I remember) I bought one and then I got a pica tinny rail from Amazon. Mounting was a breeze. Used blue Loctite on all the mounting screws. It took a couple of trips to the range, but once sighted in, the red-dot and gun are more accurate than I am. I call it a virtual laser, no one can see but me. Haven't taken it in the woods yet but at the range it is FUN. www.facebook.com/jeff.dein/videos/10203265272698637/?l=1060384236336715645Some pictures of the set-up:www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10201460287735141.1073742004.1414022146&type=1&l=7f39575c7eWhat was the distance |
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Post by cowpie on Jun 21, 2015 10:46:27 GMT
Now I'm embarrassed, it was around 25'.
In our defense we did some offhand shooting @ 50 yds. and kept them in the chest cavity.
<3 that Red-Dot.
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Post by Admin on Jun 22, 2015 16:34:02 GMT
what is most important when training, is to keep all realistically. so the distance is actually realistic!
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Post by cowpie on Jul 7, 2015 13:59:42 GMT
Make sure you take into consideration your rear sight is mounted on your optics rail, so whatever base that you select May be an inappropriate size if you want to retain your rear sight. So the solution is for you to purchase a longer mounting rail with a quick detached mounting system to retain the use of your factory sight. Hope this will answer your question. Max The Mossberg 500 that we have never had a rear sight so the Red Dot is the only sighting system. Being electronic it may not always be reliable. That being said, the next trip to the range we'll do some shooting with the Red-Dot off and see how it shoots. For home defense ranges it shouldn't make any difference, or should it? |
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