Does anyone think this ghost ring sight kit would be a good improvement for my mossberg 500 hunting rifle (with the slug barrel) for bush hunting deer?
I have been debating if I should scope or red dot the gun and really don't want to because it's really a bush gun for me so I thought maybe improving the sights would help...
I saw on the Mossberg website this kit 95300 for sale was thinking it would be an improvement!
Anyone with experience or thoughts on this why or why not, good or bad idea?
Thx
Most of my long guns are equipped with a ghost ring rear and a post front sight. There is simply no sighting system that is faster, and no iron sight combination that is more accurate for use on a practical gun, opposed to a target rifle. While many tactical shotguns are equipped with a ghost ring sight, it is by no means a tactical only solution.
A ghost ring differs from a traditional peep sight in that the peep sight has a thick rim and in some cases a disk with a very small aperture in it's center. The ghost ring has a thin rim and large aperture, and the ring "ghosts" out of your vision as you bring your focus to the front sight.
The advantage over an open iron sight is focus. You can only bring focus to a specific distance at any one time, and any object at a different distance within your field of view will appear unfocused. A simple example is to hold up the index finger of your left hand close to your eye and focus on it until you can see your finger prints. Now hold up your right index finger at arms length without loosing focus of your left index finger, you will observe that your right index finger is out of focus. Now keeping your left and right fingers in the same proximity to your eye, place the tip of your right index finger on a light switch across the room. Once your fingers are lined up with the light switch, shift your focus to your right finger so that you can see the finger prints on it, and you will see that the light switch and the finger closest to your eye are now out of focus.
The ghost ring sight, takes the place of your left index finger, and the post front sight takes the place of your right. You do not focus on the ghost ring, you only need to have the front sight visible through it. When your sight picture is correct, that is when the front sight is placed on the target, you shift your focus back from the target to the front sight and hold it there until after you have recovered from the recoil of the shot. This provides your follow through.
The rectangular post front sight is superior to the bead type front sight with respect to speed, focus, and precision. The rectangular post is large and so is very quick to pick up. The eye often has difficulty holding a sharp focus on an object that does not have a well defined outline, so the rectangular outline is easier to focus on than a round bead set above an often thin and concave sided post. Finally, the rectangular post front sight can be viewed similarly to the cross hair of a scope. The wide flat top provides a good index for elevation that is easy to use against the target, and any small change in elevation is quickly apparent. The eye is very good at finding the center of an object, and the center of the post is analogous to the vertical wire of a cross hair and provides windage on the target. Like the elevation, a small change to the windage hold on the target is very apparent to the eye, and very precise shooting can be achieved in a short period of time.
You do not attempt to center the front post in the aperture, simply look through the aperture, and as long as the post appears in the aperture you will be on target when the post is properly positioned on the aiming point.
