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Call1in
2 Year Old
Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:38 pm
Posts: 71
Location: West Virginia
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 To Scope or not to Scope????? I'm in a debate with myself whether or not to put a scope on my 870. I missed a longbeard this a.m. and with all the juggling I did prior to season with shells and sights I have no confidence in my gun. Just curious about what you guys think about scoping a turkey gun, What type of mount, scope do you guys think would be best.
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| Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:54 pm |
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Diablo
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:46 am
Posts: 832
Location: SC by way of WV
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dont do it unless your eyes tell you that you need to like mine did. if you do it...use a b-square saddle mount and good rings. i would recommend the leupold vari-x II scope. find the saddle mount with see through option and you will also need a bear tooth comb-raising kit to get your cheek up off the gun to better align your eye with the newly mounted scope.
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Fullback24
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:34 pm
Posts: 456
Location: Trigg, VA
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I used a Pentax lightseeker scope on my 1300 for years and loved it.......just frame the head up in the circle and squeeze........I'd recommend it.
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| Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:00 pm |
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barry
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:44 pm
Posts: 2720
Location: Bedford, VA
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to scope or not to scope I've been using a scope on my turkey gun for about 7 years now.
I love it.
I shoot a Browning A-5, b-square mounts, leupold scope.
barry
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liz
Poult
Joined: Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:08 pm
Posts: 16
Location: Santa Rosa, CA
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I have been using a Leupold 1X4 scope on my Remington M/870 since I purchased it and I am totally happy with the setup.
My eyes told me it was time to start using a scope, oh the joys of getting older, and the only thing I would change about my scope is to have it with the new Leupold Turkey Reticle.
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| Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:48 pm |
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FlatLand Gobbler
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:46 am
Posts: 753
Location: Hampton, VA.
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Like Diablo saya, if you need it, get it! I have a 1X40 red dot scope. This works very well. When I see my dot on his neck, I have confidence that it will take him down!
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"Turkey hunting, when you knock all the feathers off it, is a game of infinite variables, played on a field of unlimited dimension, against an opponent who doesn't know the rules and wouldn't play by them if he did." ...Jim Spencer
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Just put a reddot on my shotgun. Just waiting to try it out.
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| Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:50 am |
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maytom
King of Spring
Joined: Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:58 pm
Posts: 349
Location: WNY
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I went with the leupold 1X4 scope as well.
Main reason was that my gun always shot "high left", no matter what shell I put through the gun?????? So by scoping it, I just dialed in the crosshairs right to the very center of my pattern.....problem solved!!
After using a scope now since 93', I wouldn't go back to a bead sight. 
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