Does the barrel have open sights?
It does right now, including a homemade front blade from a piece of aluminum. I couldn't get the height to shoot 300gr bullets out of the stock blade.
Spend the extra dough and get an Ultradot 25 or Ultradot 30. They're not that much more expensive than the Truglo, and Ultradot's are bulletproof: I used one on a 480 Ruger Super Redhawk shooting hot loads, and the Ultradot did just fine. I wouldn't expect a Truglo to survive the recoil of a 44 Magnum TC Contender, even with light loads.
Thanks for the recommend, Oregon45! I don't know anything about the Ultradots, and this is exactly the kind of input I was hoping for from the knowledgeable guys here.
HNS,
I've only mounted that TG you speak of on an AR for a friend and he's had good luck, but we're talking an AR...
A fella I know has the mentioned TG on a Moss 835 turkey gun and has shot many 3.5" turkey loads with it on the gun for years w/o an issue. That's getting closer to similar recoil wise(actually more recoil for the SG).
I will say that the TG TB on my buds AR seems to have a more crisp dot than my FFs or my Trij had.
I've run 3 of the Burris FFs on 3.5" turkey guns with success as well and they only run $200, but you can occasionally find the older models(FF1 & FF2) for around $150.
Redfield has their new little reflex out that's similar to the FF. Leupold wtty, so maybe worth a shot. I'm thinking about trying it on a turkey rig.
If you look at the design on many of the small reflexes, the locking feature is very similar. It's basically a plate that slides for vert/horiz movement of the led ray. Two set screws in the rear lock the plate once movements are made. I've seen some that don't really lock, they use a spring loaded ball and under the sets that you can snug and make the plate a bit more difficult to move. Fairly simple design really.
Good Luck with your search.
Reloader7RM, I appreciate your input. The guy I talked to about Truglos also had a few mounted on light turkey and slug guns and he had zero problems with them holding up under the stout recoil.I'll look into the Burris and Redfield reflex sights. I don't have much experience with them yet, but those I have tried, I've liked using. My brother has a cheap one on a 9mm carbine, and a friend has one on his Browning Buckmark.
