ORIGINAL: krabbiepatty
WHOA!!! that sux about the scope eye. I can see why if you can only get it sighted in 9 inches high with open sights. Did you try different load/choke combos. I bought a jelly head choke and different brands of ammo. I had good luck with the remington nitros. They are only 6 or 7 bucks per box and I plastered a big ol tom at 53 steps last year. i'm pretty long legged so that should be really close to 53 yards.
Krabbie- The scope eye was from my 870, the 9" high pattern is from my 835. The 835 kicks way more than the 870 so I really would have to watch eye relief if I put a scope on it. The new sights I got for my 835 should fix the problem tho, and I got a deal on them for $15 off ebay. Those sights are normally about $50. I'm using a jelly head with Hevi-13's and my patterns are okay, just have to dial the gun in so I don't have to remember to aim low.