Rifle sights on turkey gun
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Pa
I have 3 turkey guns one has a scope, one has a double beed and one has rifle sights... Out of the 3 I think the rifle sights are the best for turkey hunting... Anybody else agree???
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I like my tru-glo all metal adjustable sights.I don't want to take a chance of fogging up a scope or knocking it off.You could bump them in the truck,I don't want anything to snag on bushes either,or How many times have you propped your gun against a tree while setting up,and it fall?
I don't like the beads because on my guns they were not centered 100%,and it was easy to not have my eyes lined up right.You know sometimes you get a tendency to raise up off the stock after a few 3.5's have bruised your cheek.
That will 'cause you to shoot over a bird,and leave you feeling sick to your stomach.
After the tru-glo sights my pattern was centered,and I could really tell a difference when the bird was shot.Solid hit vs piece of a load...well..I call it Headless Horseman vs flop and drop.I love to see those little feet kicking in the air,and wings trying to keep balance..to no avail.
I don't like the beads because on my guns they were not centered 100%,and it was easy to not have my eyes lined up right.You know sometimes you get a tendency to raise up off the stock after a few 3.5's have bruised your cheek.
That will 'cause you to shoot over a bird,and leave you feeling sick to your stomach.After the tru-glo sights my pattern was centered,and I could really tell a difference when the bird was shot.Solid hit vs piece of a load...well..I call it Headless Horseman vs flop and drop.I love to see those little feet kicking in the air,and wings trying to keep balance..to no avail.

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Nontypical Buck
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From: Calif
With all the craze about scopes and patterns nowadays open sites seem to be for the old school boys!!!So call me old school...
I like em too,Magnum Gobble Dot on my trusty old Ithica just keeps layin em in the grass!!
I like em too,Magnum Gobble Dot on my trusty old Ithica just keeps layin em in the grass!!
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Michigan
I would say it depends on how close you bring them in. My friends take them from a ways out. I would need a scope to do that. I prefer them in close so the fiber sights that I have work great.
Tom
Tom
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From: Hoges Store, Va
I used to be a scope guy.....I have a 1300 that would shoot off center, and I could not make myself hold off of the gobblers head...so I put a scope on it and choked it down to where I was throwing a pretty dang tight pattern out there.....After Spring Gobblers season last year, i got the hankering for something different and bought a Win Super X2 and put the tru-glo adjustable sights on it and it shoots dead nuts.....so I'm going to have to re-adjust to not having the scope...


