Hem
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Yeah, I am anticipating that.
The Stevens 301 has a pretty rough trigger. At 7+ lbs i was concerned with shanking close shots ...he was able to polish the parts to smooth the break to 6 lbs.
turkey gun red dot
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The Stevens 301 has a pretty rough trigger. At 7+ lbs i was concerned with shanking close shots ...he was able to polish the parts to smooth the break to 6 lbs.
Sheltowee
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I have a Vortex Venom mounted on my Benelli Nova using a saddle mount that I had dipped in Realtree APG to match. Love the Venom (I also have one on a G19 MOS) but the saddle mount can impinge on the action just a bit, making racking not the smoothest.
Picked up a Meadow Creek Mounts rib mount (https://meadow-creek-mounts.myshopify.com/) and a Holosun HS507C-X2 to mount on my SBE3 20 gauge for the upcoming turkey season. Would have preferred to stay with Vortex but wanted a circle-dot reticle. Haven't yet mounted or tested the rig yet but will report back.
Picked up a Meadow Creek Mounts rib mount (https://meadow-creek-mounts.myshopify.com/) and a Holosun HS507C-X2 to mount on my SBE3 20 gauge for the upcoming turkey season. Would have preferred to stay with Vortex but wanted a circle-dot reticle. Haven't yet mounted or tested the rig yet but will report back.
With my camo Remington 870, years back I installed a Leupold Gilmore red dot. It has worked great all these years (about 25!).
I installed an improved cylinder choke tube & sighted in using foster style slugs at 25 yards. When I was happy with that, I replaced the chole tube with an aftermarket tight one & tried my Winchester #5 3" magnum turkey loads on a large sheet with an aiming dot on it. I made sure that the pattern was "centered." Then I shot at turkey neck targets at various ranges to verify effectiveness and to help determine a maximum range for hunting.
It has worked great over the years. I recently purchased a S&W Model 41, 22 LR pistol that came with the exact same red dot Leupold Gilmore sight! Its about a 2 MOA dot and while larger than newer dot models, I'm going to leave it on!
I installed an improved cylinder choke tube & sighted in using foster style slugs at 25 yards. When I was happy with that, I replaced the chole tube with an aftermarket tight one & tried my Winchester #5 3" magnum turkey loads on a large sheet with an aiming dot on it. I made sure that the pattern was "centered." Then I shot at turkey neck targets at various ranges to verify effectiveness and to help determine a maximum range for hunting.
It has worked great over the years. I recently purchased a S&W Model 41, 22 LR pistol that came with the exact same red dot Leupold Gilmore sight! Its about a 2 MOA dot and while larger than newer dot models, I'm going to leave it on!
