Not satisfied with guide gun sights

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red dot looks ugly but holy crap man its on target here
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I've really come to appreciate a Red Dot on my woods/hunting guns, i.e. Turkey gun and three different deer rifles. Fast, accurate at the ranges I shoot, typically 100yrds or less. Though capable of good accuracy well past that.

Duster340 said:

I've really come to appreciate a Red Dot on my woods/hunting guns, i.e. Turkey gun and three different deer rifles. Fast, accurate at the ranges I shoot, typically 100yrds or less. Though capable of good accuracy well past that.

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ive used it on my k11 swiss and mak 90 at distances over 300 yards and it beats a iron site any day you have a full picture of your target and not half of one with irons

Duster340 said:

I've really come to appreciate a Red Dot on my woods/hunting guns, i.e. Turkey gun and three different deer rifles. Fast, accurate at the ranges I shoot, typically 100yrds or less. Though capable of good accuracy well past that.

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300 yards with red dot off hand WOW!

Any of the peep sights are an improvement over factory irons. But I still much prefer a small 1-4X20 scope for short range work on 1X and 4X is precise enough for big game out to 400-500 yards. If the shooter and rifle are capable. My initial use of dot sights was a disappointment, but some of the newer versions I've looked at are better. They are an option, but I'd still prefer a low powered scope.

saiga308 said:

ive used it on my k11 swiss and mak 90 at distances over 300 yards and it beats a iron site any day you have a full picture of your target and not half of one with irons

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Very nice. I put one on my newly finished K31 deer gun. Can't wait to get in the stand with it. I have no doubt it'll reach out and touch deer a good ways off.

Have had great success with the Red Dots on my Bubba'd No4Mk1 and 7.7 Jap model 99.

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I don't recommend this rifle for Maine hunting...either other hunters or deer would probably laugh you out of the woods.

Does your version of the Guide Gun feature a forward pic rail? Also, is your dissatisfaction based on speed of use, accuracy problems or something else?

jmr40 said:

I still much prefer a small 1-4X20 scope for short range work on 1X and 4X is precise enough for big game out to 400-500 yards. .... I'd still prefer a low powered scope.

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I'm with @jmr40 on this. I have Skinner sights on both of my smaller 1894s, but the bigger 1895 does very well with a Leupold 1.5-5x scope. It's one of two "cheap" Mark 4 MR/T models that I bought 10+ years ago and it's still going strong. It's mounted with Warne QR rings but I've never needed to take it off. That scope is a really good all-around scope for the .45-70 Govt. Enough power for meaningful load development and target work, and extremely versatile for hunting or protection from predators. It has the SP reticle (special purpose) with stadia at 2.5 milrad spacing. I never bothered to figure out if those marks would be useful given the balistics of the 405gr JSP bullets that I typically shoot. I've managed to put five shots of the Barnes 300gr load into 3/4" or better at 100 yards with the scope set on 5x.