sighting in shotgun ?????
12-02-2011, 08:54 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: island off ny, the long one
Posts: 3
sighting in shotgun ?????
ok my first year hunting and my buddy lives in a shotgun only county
heading up there soon to go deer hunting, just picked by a mossberg 500 with a scope
my ? is would it be better to sight it in at 30 or 50 yrds, i was thinking 50 but looking for advice from experianced hunters ??
heading up there soon to go deer hunting, just picked by a mossberg 500 with a scope
my ? is would it be better to sight it in at 30 or 50 yrds, i was thinking 50 but looking for advice from experianced hunters ??
12-03-2011, 05:10 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: west central wi USA
Posts: 2,242
Sight it in for 50 yd's, and I agree with BHC, have it a little high at that range. You should be able to hit a deer at 100 yd. with the right slugs. If it's a smooth bore, use an IC choke and "foster" slugs, if it's rifled, use saboted slugs.
12-03-2011, 05:21 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: pa
Posts: 131
shot gun
hey i have a mossberg 500 and i use hornady 2 3/4 inch 300gr sabot slugs if you go get those sight it in at 50 but sight it so it does not shoot high cause i did that and t a hundred it was shooting the same as 50 so sight it in right on
