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Posted: 1/2/2015 2:03:14 PM EDT
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I have an old SXS 16ga shotgun that back in the '60s dad cut down to 20". Sometime in the past dad found another set of barrels for it that are still full length, but he never got them fitted. It isn't valuable enough to have the spare barrels fitted so I may just use it as is for rabbits, etc. Dad bead blasted he barrels on it and painted or coated them a flat dull silver-ish color. What color bead would work best on these barrels? |
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That's purely a personal preference, whatever looks best to you.
These days a popular shotgun sight is one of the light gathering fluorescent "Fire" sights. These are fiber optic tubes that gather light and seem to glow brightly. As for standard beads, you can get them in white, gold, silver, and luminous night sights that glow in the dark. Another option is to install a bead then paint it. You can use model airplane paints to experiment to find a color that works best for you. Among the possible colors are Fluorescent Red, Lime Green, which is the most visible daylight color, bright Yellow, etc. Brownell's carry just about everything available. http://www.brownells.com/ |
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That's purely a personal preference, whatever looks best to you. These days a popular shotgun sight is one of the light gathering fluorescent "Fire" sights. These are fiber optic tubes that gather light and seem to glow brightly. As for standard beads, you can get them in white, gold, silver, and luminous night sights that glow in the dark. Another option is to install a bead then paint it. You can use model airplane paints to experiment to find a color that works best for you. Among the possible colors are Fluorescent Red, Lime Green, which is the most visible daylight color, bright Yellow, etc. Brownell's carry just about everything available. http://www.brownells.com/ Would the barrels being silver have any effect of seeing the bead, or does barrel color have little to do with sering the bead? I have always just used whatever came on a shotgun. With open cylinder bore this will definitely be used for close fast shooting. |
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Here's a differing opinion on shotgun shooting, specifically the "close fast shooting" that you describe.
You don't need a bead. Use the index finger of your leading hand to point the shotgun while you grip the foreend. You can point at a moving target with your finger without having to line your eye up with your arm; do the same thing while holding a shotgun. If the shotgun fits you (i.e. it shoots where you look), then you don't need a bead. Try it and see. Not an O/U, and this grip differs slightly from how I hold a shotgun, but this picture gives you a general idea. 
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Here's a differing opinion on shotgun shooting, specifically the "close fast shooting" that you describe. You don't need a bead. Use the index finger of your leading hand to point the shotgun while you grip the foreend. You can point at a moving target with your finger without having to line your eye up with your arm; do the same thing while holding a shotgun. If the shotgun fits you (i.e. it shoots where you look), then you don't need a bead. Try it and see. Not an O/U, and this grip differs slightly from how I hold a shotgun, but this picture gives you a general idea. http://www.positiveshooting.com/images/Instruction%20pics/FrontGrip.JPG I do need to just go shoot it and see. It's funny- the Remington 1100 I inherited from dad is way too short, but this old Montgomery Wards Hercules SXS dbl barrel fits like a glove. Maybe he didn't cut the SXS stock like he did the 1100. When I mount the dbl barrel my right eye is looking right down the rib perfectly. I will try it and hope I don't spend all day looking for the damn bead. I need to see where it patterns, but I am thinking it may hit low without a bead guiding my eye. |
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Here's a differing opinion on shotgun shooting, specifically the "close fast shooting" that you describe. You don't need a bead. Use the index finger of your leading hand to point the shotgun while you grip the foreend. You can point at a moving target with your finger without having to line your eye up with your arm; do the same thing while holding a shotgun. If the shotgun fits you (i.e. it shoots where you look), then you don't need a bead. Try it and see. Not an O/U, and this grip differs slightly from how I hold a shotgun, but this picture gives you a general idea. http://www.positiveshooting.com/images/Instruction%20pics/FrontGrip.JPG This When the target is moving your visual focus should be on the target, not the bead. Watching the bead = missing. If you want to add a bead just because shotguns are supposed to have a bead go with a brass one, its more traditional for this type of gun and the color will contrast with the barrel color |
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