Originally Posted by avonac
Originally Posted by TWR
The last thing I want on a shotgun is sights, including a red dot. A light is useful though.


can you explain this further? I'm trying to wrap my head around not aiming.


Shotguns either fit you or they don't. Aiming is different as there are no sights to align to shoot a flying bird, why would you need them to shoot an intruder?

I have a Benelli M1 with a 21" barrel, just a vent rib and bead. I shoot it just fine whether it's quail, dove, clays or coyotes. Even with my Turkey choke I've killed Turkey's at less than 10 yards.

But I once thought that an M2 Tactical would be so much better so I bought one and after trying to aim the ghost ring sights, it became apparent that I was much slower and I eventually hated that gun. Sold it to another guy who just had to have one. Now if I was shooting slugs, it might be different but even when I was a kid I shot a Remington Mohawk 48 with slugs on an armadillo safari and faired just fine without sights.

A red dot could be useful to some I guess but I don't see the need.