Bead vs ghost ring for "tactical" fun shotgun?

[mr00jimbo]

I bought an 18" Remington 870 Police Magnum with the factory 2-shot extension, making the mag tube and barrel the same length.

Anyways, it has a bead sight in the front.
I was thinking to get a good 'smith to install a set of Wilson Combat (Scattergun?) ghost ring sights on it.

This is just a fun shotgun, for some crown land blasting or for the range. Maybe some fun crown land clay shooting but if I was into that sport seriously I'd definitely find a different gun to use for it.

So I am thinking - is the GR sight system worth it over the bead?
It seems you can be more accurate with the GR sights, at the expense of quick acquisition that the bead offers.

Your thoughts?

 

[redryder]

I think the factory bead is all you really need. Nothing will be as quick and its just natural for flying objects. The only advantage I could see for the ghost ring sights would be if you plan on shooting lots of slug loads. Plus Ghost Ring sights are EXPENSIVE and then you have to have them installed unless your pretty handy. Just my opinion, but I would stick with what you got.

 

[dogzilla]

I have ghost rings, bead, and iron sights on my various shotguns. I do best with irons, but that is what I grew up with. I am seriously considering a sparc or some other kind of red dot, as my eyes aren't getting any better these days.

 

[bollox]

Ghost rings but I prefer shooting slugs..

 

[River runner]

search out images, designs, and models of shotguns designed for shooting birds and other things out of the air.....you will see almost all have just a bead.

 

[Fenix.NZ]

True Glow make a set a rib mounting adjustable rifle sights.. and you can repalce the rear leaf with a ghost ring..

its very very fast and both the front bead and the rear ghost ring have fiber optic inserts to help with aiming

 

[geologist]

Like the others I like my Wilson ghost ring and tritium front post for slugs and accurate buckshot placement. For everything else a bead is fine.

 

[Greenhorse six]

For what you're doing bead is,as has been said here,fine.

Somewhere on youtube you'll see hickok45 hitting a gong at ,IIRC , 80yds using a mossberg 590 with a bead sight. He was thinking of putting a set of GRS on it upto that point, then say's with a smile, guess I don't need them.