Good scope for quick shots PLEASE HELP
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 15
Good scope for quick shots PLEASE HELP
Im going to be deer hunting this year with my 870 20ga. and am torn between what to do. Theres allota bears around where i hunt so i wanted to beable to make quick snap shots if necassary, but also wanted a good scope for out to 100 yards if i see a nice deer. I was thinking about just going with the rifled barrel with no scope mount...then again like i said id love to have a scope...Is there a scope thats fitting for my conditions? or should i hunt open sights...Another question, hows the accuracy with open sights from a rifled barrel out to around 60 yards? Good enough to get the job done?
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: west central wi USA
Posts: 2,238
Sounds like a 1-4 power variable would fit your needs. With todays saboted slugs, a rifled barrel slug gun should give you rifle-like accuracy at 60 yd, assuming you do your part. And, if you hit a bear in the vitals with that slug, it'll put his lights out right now.
However if you gut-shoot him, it won't matter what you use to do it.
But, frankly, I think, if you are talking about black bears, your imagination is your worst problem. We hunt around them all the time. They want absolutely nothing to do with you.
However if you gut-shoot him, it won't matter what you use to do it.
But, frankly, I think, if you are talking about black bears, your imagination is your worst problem. We hunt around them all the time. They want absolutely nothing to do with you.
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: west central wi USA
Posts: 2,238
Hunting with open sights is always an option, especially in close cover. But, even then I'd carry binoc's or something to be able to check out suspicious shapes or movement in the brush. Either way, it's good to have an optical advantage.