Anyone tried an 'easyhit' bead

Have never seen it but I have Hi-Viz beads on many of my shotguns and love them! They only run $19-$31 and work great, these look like they would be similar in performance maybe a bit more durable. I do not baby my guns and so far have only broken one "light pipe" the hi viz comes with 4 so no big deal.
 
I really like fiber optic sights. I find they draw your eye to them when mounting the gun and then work like an ACOG sight, with that Binon Aiming concept. I find they are similar to a c-more, not near as effective as a c-more. I have fiber optic front sights on all my guns. My $0.02
 
More likely the sights are not the problem, and it's the shooter not practicing with the new set up is the problem.

There are lots of folks in our gun clubs that have the hi viz sights (myself included) and have made the adjustment just fine.

In fact it has helped me greatly as both my eyes are ambidextrous, and compete for a focal point, and with a hi viz sight this is much easier to tame.

Same reason I have switched some of my short range (100-200 yards) brush rifles to red dot sights.

But whatever works for you.
 
My two target guns are sighted different. One has a plain white bead and the other came with three sets if HI VIZ. 3 plain white, three orange and three green. I left the second with the medium green installed because for me it just does not make a difference. Most of my hunting guns have just one sight which is plain silver. When I practice, the first thing I put out of my mind are the sights and I do this by watching the target. That is where your attention should be. If you are convinced that you need to sight your gun like a rifle then hi vis type sights will probably work for you. Me, I don't have any sights on my baseball bat, catcher's mit, garden hose or fly rod and they work fine.
 
Hi vis sights are generally a bad idea if you want to become a good instinctive shooter. Your attention should be on the target, NOT the sights. But this model does offer something intriguing. It could help train a beginner to properly mount the gun. If the shooters' head is not properly down on the comb, = no bead!
I think I could recommend a new shooter use one for a season, then remove it and go to a plain bead after a good gun mount is well established. Of course, if all you shoot is clays with a pre-mounted gun, the bead makes little difference either way.
 
I shot a trap gun for a whole season with no bead and didnt see my scores suffer so I know the value of 'seeing the target'. I dont find the hi-viz sights to be distracting.

Just wondering if anyone could see an advantage of the 'easyhit' over the regular FO sights.
 
Calum said:
In fact it has helped me greatly as both my eyes are ambidextrous, and compete for a focal point, and with a hi viz sight this is much easier to tame.
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This is a good point if you have eye dominance cross fire issues. However, unless the sight is shrouded so only the correct eye can see it, I don't see how it would necessarily stop your wrong eye from taking over at the moment you need to pull the trigger.
 
MauserMike said:
This is a good point if you have eye dominance cross fire issues. However, unless the sight is shrouded so only the correct eye can see it, I don't see how it would necessarily stop your wrong eye from taking over at the moment you need to pull the trigger.
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Once again this comes with patience, and practice, if your eyes are set like this you will know what I mean. With a red dot sight my right eye actually sees the dot, and the left sees the dot image in my brain. If I cross dominate I loose the dot image in both eyes...which keeps my honest. :D

Of course I'm not disregarding the instinctual shooting method in fact I applaud it for those that can manage it.

And of course does not replace a well fitted shotgun, which I found was another part of the problem I was having at the time.

Sorry to hijack the thread abit.
 
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