Eotech on my 870 for deer hunting?

[YFM700]

I was playing around with a bunch of spare parts in the safe and cobbled together my 870 with slug barrel, b-square mount and the XPS-2 off my M4... Don't get me wrong, it looked silly as hell, especially with wood furniture. But it got me thinking, since we deer hunt a lot of thick brush and usually are within 35-50 yards, that it might be a pretty lethal setup. Any thoughts?


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[floorit76]

If you want a cleaner setup, Burris makes a Fastfire and mount just for shotguns. It mounts between the reciever and stock, so no drill and tap job.

 

[One_Jackal]

If 35 yards is average why bother with optics? Hey! Hey Deer, stop running so i can find you in my optics.

 

[Tex4426]

Yes it would work just fine...any y use optics..well considering that the eotech is not a scope and is made fore shooting closer and faster and gives u a higher probability of accuracy than open sights its a no brainer for me..im putting one on a 458 socom for that same purpose

 

[YFM700]

If 35 yards is average why bother with optics? Hey! Hey Deer, stop running so i can find you in my optics.

I was thinking the same thing at first, one would think it would help with getting on target quicker.


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[One_Jackal]

Put the red dot on your gun. Then go shoot a round of skeet. If you miss save your extra shots for the #8 station. The #8 station is about real time for running game. No cheating! Shoot the skeet before it passes you.

 

[eastbank]

i shot a round of trap with my rem 1187 turkey gun with a 512 eotech and shot a 21 at the 16yd line. several other people tried it and also hit very easy with it. it may look alittle funny,but it works well. eastbank.