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Old 05-06-2005 | 09:35 AM
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BSTNFREEK
 
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From: South Central Wisconsin
Default RE: Optics

I like to use a single fiber optic sight at the end of my barrell. The reason for this is I shoot a lot of trap, and its pretty tough to line up on a clay pigeon going 40 mph with any optics, and since this is how I've been accoustimed to shooting in this style, its worked well for me. ALSO if you plan on hunting dove, goose, duck, ect, and get to used to the aid of optics on a shotgun, you'll never be a successful waterfowl hunter. PLUS I feel the less shiney stuff in the field, the better, remember.... Turkeys can hear you think, and see you change your mind. PLUS in low light conditions, optics are not an option, as they will most always not gather as much light as just your eyes will. PLUS all the abuse that your turkey gun is subject to, crawling fields, and getting knocked around, I dont trust them to stay true, where as a fiber optic sight will always stay acurate. THE ONLY time that I would even consider optics, is if your gun patterns so poorly that you need the optics to correct it, but even then I would reconsider my choke, load, and even my gun before adding optics on a turkey gun. These birds are 50 yards away AT MOST, and you are throwing 30 - 50 inch patterns at that distance with a shotgun! If you truely feel that optics are necessary to hit a target at that close of distance, then maybe a cheap case of target loads, and $5.00 box of 100 clay pigeons are needed. I dont mean to rant about this subject, and I am sure that a lot of hunters will disagree with me, but personally, i obviously think optics on a turkey gun are silly.
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