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Sounds like a plan. Can’t go far wrong anyway. When you get them, mount them up and it should be pretty obvious.

If you need any correction for distance vision, you’ll probably want to wear it for shooting with the FF, as there’s no focus capability.

LOL

I have a Holosun 507C on my turkey shotgun and it has worked great.
I have a FF3 on another turkey shotgun and can't complain about it either.
The FF2's I have used on shotguns were not something I would use again on a shotgun. I had 3 of them fail.
The Vortex Venmo was another sight I had good luck with.

I've got a Holosun 510c on stoeger m3000 tactical .. works fine it will raise you face a bit fron the stock . I put a padded check riser / shell holder on mine .. much more comfortable to shoot now

Pullit, how do you think a 507c would work on a BL-22 rifle? Sure seems more compact than a 510, and I'm trying to keep that little rifle slem and trim

Another vote for Holosun. I really like mine.

Pretty sure it was a holo sight, not a reflex or tube.

Doug was blowing out the made in Japan Sightron SRS-2 for less than $200 a short time ago. I bought one (direct ship from Sightron) but have yet to mount it. It will go on my Glock M40 replacing the Vortex Razor. I see they are out of stock and back at $340 now. It looks like a very nice piece.

This weekend I ordered two Burris FF-3s from Doug, both with 3mm dots. On sale for $199 ea.

There are others just as good, I'm sure, but there are enough shooters and hunters who like these that I'm confident about the choice.

I have one on my Browning M71 and it has been fine.

Should work fine, if you want the smallest sight, take a look at the 507K. It is made for the compact type pistols like a Sig 365 etc.

Turnbull did geezers a solid when he came up with that.

I put a Trigicon RMR in a Scalerworks mount on my SBE....pricey but I'd rate it as one the best purchases I ever made. Military grade and virtually indestructible. Check out the Youtube videos on one.


Nothing to line up I had no misses this spring...lucky I was ready when this gobblers head popped up in the yellow top at 15 feet or less.
I took it to the sporting clay range the other day I could hit fairly well with it with a pre-mounted gun. I wouldn't recommend one for flying targets.

Thanks, Pullit, I'll give it a look! New to this type of sight, so appreciate the suggestions.

LFC, that looks like a mighty fine rig. Tell you what, if I break the Burris, I'll cry twice and buy one of those to replace it.

The swamp fox sights have a good reputation among the turkey hunters. Not the buried ff3, there can be a battery cap/thread issue from my reports.

Don’t do the cheap truglo (from
Experience)

The FF3 battery caps are a pain in the ass. It's easy to booger the threads. I used a tad bit of grease on mine and made sure to start them with only my thumb and a bit of pressure, using a coin for final tightening after the caps has been turned on.

If the OP is interested in a Trijicon RMR, the Dual Illuminated model has some benefits. The downside is that it can experience some washout of the dot when looking from a very dark location into a very bright location. The upside is that they tend to be more robust than the battery operated models since they lack any electronics, and they are almost impervious to water. On a hunting gun, I would prefer the Dual Illuminated to the red dot. I use one on my Glock 17 Gen 5 and am more than pleased with it. One day, I'll add one to my Glock 20 and Ruger Redhawk.

If you want a red dot, the Trijicone SRO is a nice sight. It has a bigger window than the RMRs and it's significantly easier to pick up that dot quickly. It's a little less expensvie than the RMRs. I've read that they are aren't as robust as the RMRs but I've never seen or heard of one breaking under any sort of normal use.

I don't look at an RMR as having a sight window...its more like a frame with a glass and it suspends a dot.

I like it's small size I shoot mine both eyes open and I'm more looking around it that sighting through it.

I never even thought of this. I have a Winchester 1886 Extra Light .45-70. I was thinking of a peep sight but this set up is appealing. It looks high enough that you would look over the facctory sights.

What base are you using?

Edit: duh, Turnbull. Someone already mentioned it. Looks like an option worth considering.

Go to 12 minutes....this ain't your grandmaws red dot.