Fiber optic sites

[Kraven]

How many of you all use them??
I have a single shot 12 ga that I use for Turkey hunting with a plain barrel,no vent rib.I was looking at getting the Glo-DotII.Since it mounts over the front bead.Is it worth going to a fiber optic site and if so what color is best,red or green?

 

[Nut]

Kraven ....I use Tru-Glo fibre optic sights on a vented rib (Mossberg 835). Mine are red and green.

Heck just get some pink finger nail polish and cover over the bead with it. Save that $$ for another turkey call.

 

[MEATHEAD]

If you going to get one green will show up in low light better. They work well, you can pick it up quicker then a bass bead ,If you need to shoot in a hurry.

Have a Happy New Year

 

[FLIPPER]

hahahahaha....low light, if its that dark just use your flashlight

 

[trophy_killer]

Kevin, on my shotgun I use a green one. My dad uses red. Personally I think that the green shows up better in lower light, but that's just my two cents. If you have to you could always just run after them with a knife, then you wouldn't have to worry about seeing the site.

 

[DM423]

I use tru-glo's on my 1300 winchester. Wouldn't trade them for anything.

 

[Wally Dog]

K,
I wood tell you that 75% of the misses on a turkey occur because the shooter has his head off the stock and is gauking at the bird. The bird causes even the most seasoned shooters to make errors. The greatest reason for front and rear fibre optic sights is it forces the shooter to get his head on the stock. That being said, I'd reccomend the better more expensive ones from "True-Glo".
WD

 

[Ithaca 37]

I think any kind of the new turkey sights would be great for the same reasons Wally said. I don't use them, myself, because I'm too cheap to buy them and I haven't missed a turkey in about 30 years. I prefer to get them at about thirty yards, where my pattern is real good and it's pretty hard to miss, even with just a front bead. One helpful hint is not to aim at the head. Aim about six inches down his neck. That gives you a little more leeway if your aim is off.

One of the toughest shots I ever made was on a gobbler eight feet from me. I didn't want to blow his head off so just tried to get a couple pellets in the top of his skull. I don't know if I could have pulled that off with fiber optic sights. That was a tough bird to call into range---took me about three hours. He wouldn't come until I crawled into the thickest thicket around and called from there. I could hear him coming but it was so thick I couldn't see him 'til he was about twelve feet away. Turned out he had some shot under his hide from somebody blasting at him from too far away a few days earlier and he wasn't about to come out into the open where that could happen again. He only felt comfortable where it was real thick. I had been trying to call him into a spot where I had about thirty or forty yards visibility and that was too open for him.

I've used that trick a few times since. Think about it. How many hunters ever call from a spot so thick they can't see more than twenty or thirty feet? But a hen will get into a spot like that and call if she feels like it.

<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1">[ 01-02-2003 19:08: Message edited by: Ithaca 37 ]</font>

 

[Kraven]

Thanks for the replies guys.
Wally Dog the reason for getting that particular sight is I dont have the vented rib on my shotgun just a smooth barrel.I put some fingernail polish on the bead the other nite,need to go shoot it to see if it works ok yet,but I may just g o the cheap way

 

[Wally Dog]

K,
Maybe it's time for a smooth-bore upgrade???

I have an old lampshade that I put over the end of the barrel when I bring a new one home, I could send it over.

WD

 

[Kraven]

LOL WD what the new shotgun or the lamp shade