slugs poi really high

[olympia]

Hey guys I have a Mossberg maverick with an 18.5 in barrel and at 25 yards the poi is about 12 in high when I shoot sellier and bellot slugs. I have not tried a different brand of slugs but is this normal for a short barrel shotgun?

 

[sunray]

25 yards is too close for a slug. Try it at 100. However, like any factory ammo, you have to try a box of as many brands as you can to find the ammo your shotgun shoots best
You may want to think about a rifle sighted barrel too. A Maverick is an M500. Same barrels.

 

[MCP]

My Mossberg 500 shoots very high as well. I have read that it is very common. Time for some ghost ring sights

 

[EL34/6L6]

25 yds is within a typical predator defense range and is something worth practicing with slugs.
If you're shooting high at that distance, I would position the front sight under the target, not ontop of it.

 

[grelmar]

On my short shotgun I replaced the bead with an XS sights big dot T,

Because the dot sits a lot higher than a bead, this lowered the POI relative to the POA, and worked out to be pretty much bang on for 25 yards on my 12.5" barrel - I can pick off a softball at that distance off hand now with slugs.

(At work right now so just googled for that pic... I'll look and see if I have a pic of the way it turned out on my gun when I get home).

 

[B]

My 14" Fabarm shoots very high as well. I have to crank the sight all the way down to hit near POA at 20-25m with Score slugs.

 

[Boomer]

Hey guys I have a Mossberg maverick with an 18.5 in barrel and at 25 yards the poi is about 12 in high when I shoot sellier and bellot slugs. I have not tried a different brand of slugs but is this normal for a short barrel shotgun?

The reason your slugs are hitting high is because the Maverick's bead is mounted right on the barrel rather than on a pedestal. The brand or style of slug has no bearing on the point of impact, relative to the problem you're having. If the bead is not equal to the height of the receiver, then in order to see the bead, you raise the muzzle upward. To see the truthfulness of this, aim at the target with your bead dead center, then depress the muzzle until the bead just disappears from sight. If you fire just as the bead goes out of your field of view, you'll be rewarded with a center hit. Now that's a complicated way to shoot, so the answer to the sighting dilemma is to either put a pedestal under your bead, or install rifle sights on your shotgun.

 

[caramel]

The front bead is to short, on my Tombstone, i had to raise it from .110 to .430 to be bull at 50 yards with slugs... JP.

 

[Boomer]

25 yards is too close for a slug. Try it at 100. However, like any factory ammo, you have to try a box of as many brands as you can to find the ammo your shotgun shoots best . . .

Typical Sunray. A slug is designed to turn your shotgun into a powerful short range rifle, so how then is 25 yards too close??!! Use a pedestal to raise your bead to the height of the receiver, and you'll hit point of aim from contact close out to 50 yards. Beyond 50 yards, a bead provides a poor index of elevation, so your prowess at extended ranges is going to be more challenging than with a rectangular post rifle sight.

 

[Dexter Morgan]

Yes. The Mossberg barrels without a vent-rib will always shoot high.

Without a rib, the bead is just too low. When you can see the bead above the receiver, your gun is actually pointing up on an angle.

Try a tru-glo clip on fibre-optic bead. They are cheap, and raise the bead height to where it should be.

ht tp://www.cabelas.ca/product/6137/truglo-glo-dot-ii-front-sight

 

[ffgats]

My Beretta 1301 Shoots 4-5" @25 yards, Installed a .190" Novak 1911 FO front sight ( dovetailed) to shoot dead on at 25, with a dovetailed front I can make fine advaantage for the windage.