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bead or scope

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how many people use scope (what brand) and how many use a bead.
i use a bead on SX3 and a eo-tech in ithaca 37
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I use the beads on my M2 and SBE2.
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Aimpoint on Benelli SBE 12 ga. and Aimpoint on BPS 10 ga.
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Vortex Venoms on my set ups.
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I use Williams universal slugger sights. They look really out of place on the barrel - close to ugly but they make shooting a turkey very easy.
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No beads/ 2 shotguns w/ Nikon VSD red dots/2 w/ Star Dots/1 w/ flourescent green dot and ghost ring/ setting up a new gun w/ a Vortex Venom. My tired old eyes really like a red dot type aiming device which precludes having a multifocal sighting plane.
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bead, except .410 because the pattern is so small and not centered near bead
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Currently using Burris Fastfire IIIs and Vortex Sparc 2s.
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ff3 on one and a Nikon turkeypro on the other. I prefer the ff3 by far
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Switched to a truglo gobble stopper red dot scope on my stoeger P350 pump this year. After sighting it in I like that my pattern is centered where the dot is. Last year I shot a turkey while slipping down a logging road and lost him. My gun at the time shot a little to the right and I didn’t account for that I just went on auto pilot :violent1:
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Nikon turkey pro
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Leupold 1x4 scope on both my Benelli's
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I've used beads for all hunting in the past, but just recently added a Vortex Venom on one of my shotguns for this season.
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True glo stick on bead thingys for me
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Red dots for me. I have Eotech, Trijcon and Bushnell.


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Beads
TURKEYS
COYOTES
DEER
SQUIRRELS
(all in this order)
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FF2's on the 870's (12 ga and 20 ga)
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Bead on the M2.
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Burris FF III's on all of mine.
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Have numerous set ups from bead to hi viz rifle sights to red dot vortex venom to nikon turkey pro scopes to a 2-7x33 leupold.
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Been shooting TSS for almost a decade (9 years). IMO it patterns too tightly for beads. I use FF IIIs. They are fast with a great field of view and only weigh an ounce. I like lightweight turkey guns and don't care to lug around the extra weight of a scope.
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I run fiber optic rifle sights or double beads currently. I have ran red dots in the past but only briefly.

I hope to be running at least one red dot by next season.
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To Bead or not to Bead on both n my Benelli & Mossberg!!
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Vortex Venom and a Viper
have used the FF2
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It took me a long time to come around, but put a FFII on a .410 last year. Liked ot so much I picked up a FFIII and just drilled/taped my 12 gauge this week.
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