looking to put a red dot on my Winchester sxp 20 gauge. don't want to break the bank, but also don't want junk. don't need a $300 sight on a $300 gun, lol. any input? never had a red dot before.
Run it all the way to both ends a few times then back to middle and try againI have a Burris FF3 on my turkey gun and love it. I got one for my dads as well for Christmas. His dot doesnt seem to move at all no matter how much I turn L or R or up/down. Anyone had this problem? May have to send it back
Oh I looked at it for about an hour . It was right after he opened it, so I told myself I'd deal with it later.Run it all the way to both ends a few times then back to middle and try again
Great tips REN. #2 is one I need to work on. I conserve in every way I can and struggle with trying to use the life of something until it's gone. I definitely don't want a gobbler strutting in and my red dot not come on#2 change the battery one a year no matter what the life is on them. They cost Penny's so just change them each year
Start dialing in with big piece cardboard with bird shot at 15 ft-20 ft, finsh up at thirty and fourty with shell your gonna hunt withGonna give the Burris ff3 a try. Any pointers on sighting in,etc would be greatly appreciated
I made the move back to a true scope last year (after YEARS of using them) after letting a gobbler that had already beaten me three times walk at about 25 yds. It was several minutes past legal shooting time, but was still very dark down in that holler. I couldn't see him well enough to really pick out his head as he eased off through some pretty thick stuff. With one of my Leupolds or Nikons I am pretty sure that I could have closed the deal. I won't make that mistake again.That said, I actually overall prefer a traditional low-mag "shotgun" scope on my turkey guns.
My turkey hunting favorite is the (no longer made) Nikon Monarch 1.5-4.5x by 20mm.
I'm right now exchanging out the Burris Fastfire on my go-to 20 ga "run & gun" featherweight, to the Nikon Monarch. It will add a few ounces, but small objective low-power traditional scopes are generally light in weight compared to the scopes on most our deer rifles.