Ghost ring sights for a tactical

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I have a Remington 870 Tactical that I want to find some sights for. Mostly for the purpose of slugs at tactical shotgun matches. I found these sights on Brownells website and I am considering them, anybody seen these? Any good?

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=19505/Product/REMINGTON_SHOTGUN_TACTICAL_GHOST_RING_SIGHT_SET

If you know of something better I'm open to suggestions. I like these because the rear sight is not a little pinhole. I'm looking for something that will leave my field of vision pretty open.

Dan
 
I am not sure I would trust the front sight on that one, the way it is just a barrel band. I feel it would knock out of alignment far easier then a proper gunsmith installed front post.

Ghost rings are awesome on some shotguns, I like my tactical shotguns with Ghosts and my more conventional with bead sights.

If having a wide sight radius is key to you, have you considered a small red dot that would allow you to keep both eyes open? Price would probably be similar for some manufacturers of Red dots.
 
Check out tacord and they have vang comp sights. Little on the expensive side though.

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Kevin M. said:
I am not sure I would trust the front sight on that one, the way it is just a barrel band. I feel it would knock out of alignment far easier then a proper gunsmith installed front post.

Ghost rings are awesome on some shotguns, I like my tactical shotguns with Ghosts and my more conventional with bead sights.

If having a wide sight radius is key to you, have you considered a small red dot that would allow you to keep both eyes open? Price would probably be similar for some manufacturers of Red dots.
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I bought an Eotech XPS-2 and currently have that on the gun. However I have heard that for the planned matches that optics are not allowed so I am looking at options. Not sure why a "tactical" match wouldn't allow optics, but I don't make the rules, just want to play the game.
 
griffin86 said:
Check out tacord and they have vang comp sights. Little on the expensive side though.

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A little on the expensive side?! $475 for sights to be installed..... the whole gun brand new was only $600. For one or two matches a year, I'll use the factory bead if I have to. $200 would be my limit, that's why the set from Brownells caught my eye. I could probably mount the rear sight myself, and if the front works loose once and a while, no big deal, it's only for fun anyways.
 
Dan not trying to come off as rude or like some rich guy, but. Things like vang comp parts or the willso site and to some point some of our SJ hardware productsn are for people that use their firearm a lot or depend on it to save lives.
A good tac shotgun build starts at $1200
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I was looking for Ghost ring sights for my bead sighted 590. It must be doable as the top of the reciever appears to have some screws to hold something? any ideas?
 
badboybeeson said:
Dan not trying to come off as rude or like some rich guy, but. Things like vang comp parts or the willso site and to some point some of our SJ hardware productsn are for people that use their firearm a lot or depend on it to save lives.
A good tac shotgun build starts at $1200
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Hey I understand that guns have different purposes. I'm just looking to have some fun, nothing too serious. With that said, I do have an Eotech mounted on it, that puts the gun over $1200. Some how I just don't see a couple of little pieces of metal with a total material cost of about $10 costing me well over $400. I just don't think the expense is worth it, not to me. I put most of my money into my guns for IPSC, that's where my real interest is.
 
Tagged for interest. I'd like a sub 200$ setup for my HP9.

As far as a shotgun that people depend on to save lives.... Nothin wrong with a NIB $299 HP9. Rock solid reliability.
 
You can actually buy a Remington 870 Express Tactical with ghost ring sights already installed on it for $500.
 
to be honest when it comes to this sort of thing, i really prefer rifle sights.. i find them faster than a ghost ring, perhaps less accurate ? .. but leaves your FOV wide open ..

and when i do go for a ghost setup, i generally get a metal washer welded to the rear blade, and drill it to suit.. similar to the SPAS12 ghost ring setup ..

entire sight setup is isolated to the barrel, so you can change to a beaded barrel with ease, no POI changes when you remove the barrel to clean everything etc

works for me, may not work for you
 
Fenix.NZ said:
to be honest when it comes to this sort of thing, i really prefer rifle sights.. i find them faster than a ghost ring, perhaps less accurate ? .. but leaves your FOV wide open ..

and when i do go for a ghost setup, i generally get a metal washer welded to the rear blade, and drill it to suit.. similar to the SPAS12 ghost ring setup ..

entire sight setup is isolated to the barrel, so you can change to a beaded barrel with ease, no POI changes when you remove the barrel to clean everything etc

works for me, may not work for you
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The problem you're having with the ghost ring is that you are attempting to use it as you would open sights. This is an incorrect technique and leads many to believe that the ghost ring is slower. The first thing to ensure is that your rear sight is in fact a ghost ring, that is it has a large aperture and a thin rim. A peep sight that has a thick rim and a small aperture is a sight for target shooting, and although precise, it does not lend itself particularly well to fast target and sight acquisition as it tends to block your FOV. With a ghost ring and post it is a simple matter of putting the front sight on the target, shifting your focus to the front sight and pressing the trigger. Your FOV is wide open, because the ghost ring is too close and too small to see when your focus is on the front sight or the target. With open sights your focus must shift from the target to the front sight, then to the rear sight to ensure you have the correct elevation and windage, then back again to the front sight. That system cannot be faster than simply putting the front sight on target and pressing the trigger.
 
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Boomer said:
The problem you're having with the ghost ring is that you are attempting to use it as you would open sights. This is an incorrect technique and leads many to believe that the ghost ring is slower. The first thing to ensure is that your rear sight is in fact a ghost ring, that is it has a large aperture and a thin rim. A peep sight that has a thick rim and a small aperture is a sight for target shooting, and although precise, it does not lend itself particularly well to fast target and sight acquisition as it tends to block your FOV. With a ghost ring and post it is a simple matter of putting the front sight on the target, shifting your focus to the front sight and pressing the trigger. Your FOV is wide open, because the ghost ring is too close and too small to see when your focus is on the front sight or the target. With open sights your focus must shift from the target to the front sight, then to the rear sight to ensure you have the correct elevation and windage, then back again to the front sight. That system cannot be faster than simply putting the front sight on target and pressing the trigger.
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The problem with just about every ghost ring system i've seen isn't so much with the rear aperture itself but that there's so damn much distracting, FOV blocking metal surrounding it and they tend to be too far forward.

Also, if there are protective "ears" on the front sight, as so many of them seem to have, that can slow you down a bit as well compared to a cleaner sight picture.

Rifle sights OTOH, don't eat up nearly so much of your visual bandwidth and the rear can be partially or wholely overlooked depending on the situation. It's only when you have to make a well aimed shot at range do you really need to carefully align them as described. Up close I find them very, very close in speed to a bead.
 
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