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Vermonter · February 4, 2011, 11:40 PM

I am building a slug gun out of my mossberg 500. It came with the 18.5 rifled barrel and an el cheapo scope. I have used the gun for turkey hunting and so forth with the longer barrel and am satisfied with that.

I recently did some bear hunting and the slug setup quickly revealed its shortcomings. The scope that came with it barley holds a zero and doesn't seem to have been designed to be shotgun specific. This gun was the dicks combo gun.

I purchased a blackhawk spec ops camo stock with recoil supression and camo foreend.

I want to top this off with a specialized optic that is designed for shotguns. I'm thinking something in a low power with a red dot or an acog variety. Obviously I will not be making any shot over 100 yards so high power is not needed.

Anyone have any nice optics they use on 12 gauge slug guns?

Vermonter

February 4, 2011, 11:40 PM	#1
Vermonter Senior Member Join Date: October 17, 2010 Posts: 962	suggest a slug gun optic I am building a slug gun out of my mossberg 500. It came with the 18.5 rifled barrel and an el cheapo scope. I have used the gun for turkey hunting and so forth with the longer barrel and am satisfied with that. I recently did some bear hunting and the slug setup quickly revealed its shortcomings. The scope that came with it barley holds a zero and doesn't seem to have been designed to be shotgun specific. This gun was the dicks combo gun. I purchased a blackhawk spec ops camo stock with recoil supression and camo foreend. I want to top this off with a specialized optic that is designed for shotguns. I'm thinking something in a low power with a red dot or an acog variety. Obviously I will not be making any shot over 100 yards so high power is not needed. Anyone have any nice optics they use on 12 gauge slug guns? Vermonter