Optic for turkey gun

[Hookeye]

Closing in on 60, 2 months ago I got bifocals.
No way I can run a double bead shotgun for turkey now (w or wo glasses)
Let me rephrase that..........I can run double beads with some effort, in good lighting, without glasses.
Tucked in the shade..............nope.

So.....

maybe a 1-4X scope or a RDS

RDS...........willa Sig Romeo 5 handle 12 ga beating?
Like the idea of shake n wake.
Should make battery worry a non issue all season.

Leupold no longer does the turkey plex.
Will take reg and wide duplex scopes out to see how they might be used as range finders.

I don't want to drill and tap my beater 870.
Can do a saddle mount of just buy another gun and D&T.

 

[singlestacksig]

what they call it now
https://www.natchezss.com/leupold-v...ube-sabot-ballistics-reticle-matte-black.html

 

[sugarcreekbrass]

I don't use a scope on my 870 for turkey hunting, but do have a saddle mount for a scope for deer hunting. My brother uses that when he is in town.

 

[Hookeye]

FWIW the turkey shotgun scope was low power (around 1-4X and had a circle plex reticle of some sort, and was parallax for 50 or 75 yards).
It aint the current shotgun Freedom scope.
Used one on certain auction site is over 300.
Its a discontinued model (hence the price).

 

[BoilerWes]

I run an Eotech on my yote shotgun. Overall, I like it and wouldn’t hesitate to use it for turkeys.

 

[cosermann]

A red dot works just fine on turkeys at shotgun ranges in Indiana.

 

[Jones1776]

I really like red dots on shotguns especially for Turkey hunting, they are really fast and easy to see

 

[tcecil88]

I have the Weaver Kaspa 1-4x24 with the "Turkey-Plex" reticle on my 835 and I like it. Admittedly I keep it on 2 power all the time.

 

[bobjones223]

You need a Vortex EBR-12GA!

By far the most advanced shotgun scope ever developed!

 

[Hookeye]

Proly Romeo 5 or Leupold 1-4x.
Couldn't find an Exp Supermag like I have already, was gonna pimp the new one.
Said screw it and got a scope mount (Aimtech) and will try an optic on that.
Still have months to find a project rig.
But my shotgun money got blown on a rifle.
LOL