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vitesse9 · May 18, 2011, 04:04 PM

Ever tried to shoot clays or flying birds with a ghost ring sight?

With a little practice, you should be able to place slugs inside a man-sized target at 100 yards with a bead. That's kind of all you can expect from a smooth bore.

You really don't gain much with the ghost ring sights and you lose speed and the ability to reliably hit flying/moving targets (the one application where a rifle can't do a shotgun's job).

If you get the bead sight and decide you want more precision, you can always add a rail and a red dot.

Or, you could just use a rifle for applications where you think precision shooting will be necessary . . .

My $.02

May 18, 2011, 04:04 PM	#8
vitesse9 Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2004 Posts: 340	Bead Ever tried to shoot clays or flying birds with a ghost ring sight? With a little practice, you should be able to place slugs inside a man-sized target at 100 yards with a bead. That's kind of all you can expect from a smooth bore. You really don't gain much with the ghost ring sights and you lose speed and the ability to reliably hit flying/moving targets (the one application where a rifle can't do a shotgun's job). If you get the bead sight and decide you want more precision, you can always add a rail and a red dot. Or, you could just use a rifle for applications where you think precision shooting will be necessary . . . My $.02 Last edited by vitesse9; May 18, 2011 at 04:10 PM.