If you’re not sure about the distances you’ll be hunting, it’s better to go with a lower powered scope. Photo by ROG5728 (Wikipedia.org), Tritium Night Sights on Remington 870 Shotgun. You will find out how to install Scattergun Technologies ghost ring sights and what advantages they give you. For a long time, most users who want a gun laser sight want it to be compact. The Shotgun Big Dot Tritium Front Sight is easy to install as long as you pay attention to the front bead sizes. Same price and color sight as the previous two. Just make sure you have a 12-gauge shotgun because it can only fit on barrels with this gauge.

A number of scopes utilize a crosshair design where the lines thin as they reach the center; this helps to guide your eye toward the target without blotting out the animal. You can read the instructions quickly and learn everything you need to know from there. Of course, it is easier to shoot with good upgrades, accessories, and equipment but only the time you spend on dry-fire and live-fire drills can make you a great shooter. Shotguns can have bead sights, double bead sights, sights with a ventilated rib line, ghost ring sights, red dot scopes, blade sights, rear notched sights with a front post and magnifying scopes. You’ll need a good drill and a drill press to do that and buy a good kit of 6/40 inch tap. I am not responsible for any damage you will do to you or to your gun. What makes this sight particularly special is that its light source comes from tritium gas rather than from a battery, laser, or bulb. If you are someone who wants to have better shooting sight with your shotgun at nighttime, then Tritium night sights are what you’ll want to install onto it. Highly visible, 3/16″ diameter green dot ensures quick sight acquisition. Hi, I'm Justin Archer a family man with 2 boys and a wife.

The objective lens constitutes the front section of the scope.

Magnetic shotgun sights are becoming very popular amongst competitive shooters and hunters. Brownells Acraglas Gel would be perfect for this. For example I have broken a tap (6/40 of inch UNF tap which is used for Scattergun rear sight) inside the hole on the remington reiceiver (about a 2,7 mm hole on the rear sight mounting point).The Remington 870 receiver it is machined from a thick and strong steel block. There is a bright red dot on the front sight which is visible in all sorts of different lighting conditions. Some think that the adhesive strip is not enough.

There are magnetic sights, and sights that you attach using a screw or adhesive strip. Tritium fron sight with tritium rear sight set is $149.99. Night sights are very small attachments that can go on the front or rear of your shotgun. Sporting Clays, NRA Shooting Series: How to Sight-In a Scope, Pennsylvania COVID Restrictions Prevent NRA’s Great American Outdoor Show. The first piece is a front sight which features a glowing red dot that can be seen in most environmental lighting conditions.

This is magnetic base sight which is easy to install on ventilated rib barrel. One of the advantages is that you can shoot with both eyes open. I asked some help by email to Wilson Combat and a guy replied to me promptly. Ghost ring sights can be mounted on tactical shotguns for close combat shooting. Also, if you’re using a Remington 870, 1100, or 11-87, it needs to have a front sight ramp with a 3/8-inch dovetail. The standard pistol sight is still very popular. The night sight can replace the current front sight of your weapon and give it a focusing ability that it didn’t have before. You can purchase the sight to have a glowing dot that is either red or green. This advice is only for Remington 870 shotguns with factory rifle sights. Your email address will not be published. I also participate in REAGO, which provides Tactical Combat Casualty Care training. NRABlog is your connection to the firearm education, safety and marksmanship training programs of the National Rifle Association. Choose a larger one if you think you’ll be hunting in low light conditions like a dense forest. Some of you may have seen your grandfather or older shooters lick their finger and touch the bead sight on their shotgun. Bladed sights are used for stationary targets such as deer and turkey. If you’ll be shooting antelope across a vast open field, you might want more magnification. Hiviz Shotgun CompSight Front Sight with 8 Pipes and Carrying Case.

It stays in place under recoil and makes aiming much easier even in cloudy weather. I am firearms instructor, competitive shooter and IPSC Range Officer. Tru Glo’s are absolutely among the best pistol sights for old eyes. Scopes are for stationary targets because it is very difficult to track a moving target through a scope.

After you fill the cavity, place the sight over the front sight bead and press down until it fully cures. Reflex technology has been employed in fighter aircraft heads-up displays (HUDs), aircraft and tank gun sights, and even on commercial applications, including surveying equipment, camera viewfinders and optical telescope pointing devices.

All you have to do is make sure it is a Remington 870, Remington 1100, or Remington 11-87. If you buy a front sight of a larger diameter, it would be difficult to aim at targets on distances further than 50 meters (55 yards). The red EasyHit sights are as good as the green ones.

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I still experiment with different pipes’ sizes and colors. For example, the spring which holds the light pipes onto the HiViz Compsight was broken after two years of use. This technology enables the sighting to be visible in both dim lit and bright light environments. It is made to be a front sight attachment for your Remington shotgun, which is far superior to the standard OEM front sight that comes with your weapon.