andrewjoseph

I rejected the scope idea in a shotgun for 25 years. What changed is the emergence of technologies (Hevi-Shot, special buffers, choke improvements, etc) that allow a hunter to set up a gun with a super-tight pattern. With this set-up one needs precision aiming, which is greatly aided by a scope. I could care less about the magnification, it is precise aiming that I am looking for.

Example: My Mossberg 835 putsan average of 255 pellets in a 10" circle at a laser-measured 40 yards with the Nitro 4X5X7 loads. That is about pie-plate size. At 20 yardsthe gun shoots apatternthat isabout dessert-plate size. The gun previously had the Tru-Glo fiber optic sights, which were too big and blocked out too much of the target, particularily at longer ranges. I mounted the Bushnell Trophy 1.75X4 scope this week and will shoot the gun today, but I can tell already that I am going to love this scope.