Jason_W
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In places where big game hunters are limited to shotguns only, I understand the need to try and make a shotgun into a rifle (an inevitably disappointing endeavor, IMO) but if a shotgun is going to be a niche weapon for terrain where shots on game will be relatively quick and at very close range, 50 yards or less, and more likely 25-35 yards, isn't the bead enough if you practice with it? I'm also
My next gun is going to be a multi-purpose 12-gauge meant to cover all applications from informal trap shooting to bird/small game hunting, home defense, and close range big game hunting. The short and mean looking defensive models with rails, ghost rings and breacher chokes look cool and make decent rainy day brush guns, but I know from having owned one or two in the past that they don't handle as quickly and point as intuitively as a field model.
I also owned a Mossberg 835 turkey model for a while. It was like hunting with an I-beam that fired shotshells. Additionally, the maraca style fore stock didn't endear me to the model. And on the subject of turkey hunting, is an optic really that much of an advantage? I've never seriously turkey hunted before so I'm genuinely ignorant on this. Can it be that hard to hit such a large bird with a bead sighted shotgun?
My next gun is going to be a multi-purpose 12-gauge meant to cover all applications from informal trap shooting to bird/small game hunting, home defense, and close range big game hunting. The short and mean looking defensive models with rails, ghost rings and breacher chokes look cool and make decent rainy day brush guns, but I know from having owned one or two in the past that they don't handle as quickly and point as intuitively as a field model.
I also owned a Mossberg 835 turkey model for a while. It was like hunting with an I-beam that fired shotshells. Additionally, the maraca style fore stock didn't endear me to the model. And on the subject of turkey hunting, is an optic really that much of an advantage? I've never seriously turkey hunted before so I'm genuinely ignorant on this. Can it be that hard to hit such a large bird with a bead sighted shotgun?