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What does everyone think about the Tru Glo fiber optic sights that clip on the vent rib?

Here is the link
http://www.truglo.com/...%20Clay%20Sights.asp

I have had mixed reviews from hunting buddies of mine.

Bill Gass

i love mine. .. i know that if i am hunting in low enough light to need it, i can't really tell the species of duck i'm shooting at so it doesn't help me shoot better in low light conditions. It does, however, remind me to aim whenever i'm looking down the barrell so in that regards, it works for me.

Jeff

I love mine... I don't consciously see it,but I believe it helps.

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I like my set-up as well. I found that the smaller the dot, the better the system works as I want that dot as close to the rib as possible. I acutally had a gunsmith drill another hole further bacl from the front site of my Benelli and then put a fiber optic piece between the two gun sights and I'm good to go. Never have to worry abut the thing comig off in tough brush or due to recoil. Had it for about 5-6 years now.

Mark W

I like them. they draw the attention of the shooter to aim at the bird better, I found it makes huge differences in young or new shooters to help them hit more birds




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I have sights like that, not sure if it's the same brand. I bought them after, well I hate to admit this, after I missed a big gobbler at 10 yrds. Right after that happened I got down to serious business about sighting and patterning my SBE, and found I was shooting low. Now with the sites I'm dead on. Duck hunting has been very poor again this year; I haven't shot a box of shells yet. Most of the time the birds come in so fast with so little warning, I'm not really sighting the gun on the bird. I don't know if they help or not for duck hunting but I'm hopeful for turkey hunting.

Ed.

So is the consensus here that most serious waterfowlers use fiber optic sights of some type? I had one of the spark type sights on my gun it just screws into the threaded hole that the bead does, as my gun didn't have the vent rib. But after firing one shell on the first day out with the new sight the trigger mechanism broke and no go bang bang any more. My brother in law and I tore it down the next day and discovered that two tabs that hold the trigger mechanism up in place had broken off allowing it to drop ever so slightly (1/8" or so) and the hammer would not strike the firing pin dead on any more. Instead of click you just heard a tink sound. Oh well 16 years of hunting with a maverick 12 gauge that I bought off my room mate in 1990 (for $100). What more could I expect for a gun that still only retails for $200.00. We taped the trigger mech into place and it does fire but I'm thinking that it's time to retire that gun. I'm thinking of the Remington 870 Express Super Magnum synthetic stock (pump).

Bill G

870 express mag for me.. synthetic. i bought it because i was a) broke and in college, and b) needed something new. that was six years ago. no jams, and i treat it like complete crap. no lie... i clean it once a year at best. greatest cheap guns ever made. i shot an ultimag for a season before that. it jammed all the time. I thought it was just my bad luck until one day, me and a guy were hunting together for the first time. we both shot and both guns jammed... i asked him what he was shooting and of course.. it was an ultimag :) sold it and bought the remington. probably remington from here on out too.. why fix something that ain't broke.

Jeff

Yes I've been doing alot of research online and no one has much of anything bad to say about the 870's. I like the idea of sticking with the pump as they are cheaper and require less cleaning as you don't have to worry about the gas fouling things up. My buddy who shoots a semi auto Franchi says that he intentially doesn't shoot it any faster than a pump so he can get better shot placement. The synthetic stock may not be very traditional but I need practicality. And with the super magnum model you can shoot 3 1/2 inch shells if need be, all for $344 Canadian at Sirmailorder.com

Bill