Red dot for turkey gun?

[JPiskun]

You can mount the Burris onto the factory rail with the mount that comes with the Burris. It will sit really high above the bore but you might be fine with it. I wanted a low profile mount so I went a different route.

Take your rail off and see if it is mounted to a block that is welded onto the barrel (like the Model 301 410’s) or if the barrel itself is drilled and tapped.

Mine didn’t have a rail so I had Sumtoy make a mount to fit the contour of my barrel and I drilled and tapped the barrel myself. They should still have the CAD profile of mine to make another one if yours doesn’t have the block. The mount was $50.

If yours has the block then they can make a low profile one for that as well, but you might have to mail them your barrel for them to make it. They can make anything, but if it’s something they haven’t made before then they might need your barrel to make it.

My gun weighs 6 pounds exactly and I can pick the gun up by the trigger without it firing, so the trigger pull is definitely over 6 pounds! It’s heavy but it doesn’t have any creep so it doesn’t bother me.
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I got a question for your procedure of drilling an tapping your 301 20g barrel. I’ve been machining 20yrs and have drilled and tapped my fair share of receivers for rails but never a barrel like on the 301. I have 301 in .410 without the welded lug that I’d like to drill and tap. However there doesn’t seem to be much wall thickness left after you would drill it. Did you drill straight through into the bore? Have you had any issues with loading a round or ejection? Any information would be very helpful. Thank you!

 

[winmag]

I got a question for your procedure of drilling a tapping your 301 20g barrel. I’ve been machining 20yrs and have drilled and tapped my fair share of receivers for rails but never a barrel like on the 301. I have 301 in .410 without the welded lug that I’d like to drill and tap. However there doesn’t seem to be much wall thickness left after you would drill it. Did you drill straight through into the bore? Have you had any issues with loading a round or ejection? Any information would be very helpful. Thank you!

I drilled and tapped a blind hole, leaving enough wall thickness for the pressures that shotguns operate at. I don’t remember how much thickness I left at this point but I could measure it if it’s helpful. I tapped it with a plug tap that I modified to have even less lead and I think I ended up getting 4 threads of engagement on two 6-48 screws, which is plenty of clamping force for a small reflex sight like a Burris fastfire.