Thread: Burris speedbead/fast fire

Originally Posted by Rock river arms hunter

Is it worth popping one on a 12g? my current brass bead sight isn't it quite upto it and when i swing out it gets lost, know what i mean? i'm not swinging super fast but i loose sight of it.......

in all seriousness I'd love to pop one on but am not convinced unless someone can convince me their good?

If you are looking for a bead when swinging a gun, you are well behind the 8 ball as far as shotgunning is concerned. Your barrels should be an after thought and a blur of reference in your peripheral vision. The target should be you only concern and focus.

Originally Posted by R93

If you are looking for a bead when swinging a gun, you are well behind the 8 ball as far as shotgunning is concerned. Your barrels should be an after thought and a blur of reference in your peripheral vision. The target should be you only concern and focus.

yea i know but basically all my barrel is is one of those blurs and I'm struggling with getting multiple targets, luckily i have a coaching session on tuesday morning

Originally Posted by Rock river arms hunter

yea i know but basically all my barrel is is one of those blurs and I'm struggling with getting multiple targets, luckily i have a coaching session on tuesday morning

When shooting at a mob of birds pick one and shoot it, than remount the gun and shoot the next bird. This needs to be done as the gun shifts off the shoulder with each shoot even if you don't noctice it.

I agree with R93 often shotties had an end bead and centre bead, in my mind the only value was when using them as a guide when practicing mounting to show if the mount was level or not in relation to head position. As long as mount and head position correct then the barrels should always be on target in relation to where you are looking. Remember when you shoot clays you are fixed on the clay not the end of the barrels, no difference with anything else.

Not sure i think trying to go from one target to another in a mob of birds makes any difference.

Funny how different people use different methods though, I could never do well with the whole sustained different leads thing, I just try and move the shottie through the target and once in front of head pull trigger, prob why I have my fair share of misses , ha !

Im no pro when it comes to shotgunning, but have mates that are, interesting when you ask them what the do when they are smashing quails one after another. They cant really tell you. They have helped me by fitting me to a gun , that is number 1. A laser boar sighter helped , adjusted the shims so where i looked was right on target, what was strange to me as when i used the rail and bead i was under target every time. So now im not aware of my bead and as long as i shoulder my gun the same every time im on. Still long ways to go, but vast improvement.