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Red Dot Sight?

Old 11-02-2003, 01:48 PM
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Default Red Dot Sight?

I was just preparing my 870 for duck hunting and realized that I hadn' t removed my red-dot sight from turkey season. Does anyone use a dot-sight for waterfowl? I realize the Holosight is marketed for it, but I wasn' t sure for the normal barrel-type dot-sights.

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Old 11-03-2003, 07:13 AM
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no sights for waterfowl generally don' t have time to line up a sight on em, reflex shoot works much better
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Old 11-04-2003, 05:54 PM
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I have been hunting waterfowl for many years (over 50) and this year I bought a new 10 Browning Gold. I put a red Hi Viz sight on it and find I shot better. You may not need a sight but for me it seemed to make me more of follow through on my swing.
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Old 11-06-2003, 07:28 AM
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I use the Tru-glo strut-stopper fiber sights and generally leave the front sight on all the time no matter what I' m hunting. Generally I never see it, but there are times when I distinctly remember the bright red dot and lining it up on the bird. So, I say it can' t hurt and might help at times.
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Old 11-15-2003, 02:50 AM
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Yes I have used a bsa red dot for waterfowling and liked it. Everybody made fun of it but I liked it because you didn' t have to put your cheek down on the stock perfectly every time because while wearing a lot of clothes sometimes the gun doesn' t shoulder properly. That was unfortunately also the drawback since my cheek wasn' t tight on the stock I received severe recoil to the face and no longer use this setup but it can be effective.
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Old 11-15-2003, 07:57 AM
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use tru glo point shooting mainly
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Old 11-15-2003, 02:01 PM
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I like the green ones better.
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Old 11-15-2003, 05:55 PM
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I left my sights on a couple of years ago after a fall turkey hunt and missed everything that flew by. After I took the sights off I shot much better. I would think it shouldn' t hurt but it did. I think I concentrated more on the sight than using good shooting form and watching the duck, along with follow-through.
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