Turkey Shotgun Scope

[The Beagler]

How many guys use a scope on their turkey gun and what brand do you use? I was thinking about getting a Simmons, Bushnell, or Nikon in 4x for my 870.

[NonTyp]

I have a scope on my turkey gun, it's an older than dirt Herters. 1-4 power magnification is plenty but what you want is lots of field of view. I have had Tasco and Simmons scopes but the Tasco had trouble handling the recoil, the rectical dropped.

[Willie]

Simmons Pro-Diamond.

When that gobbler's head is in the Diamond he is meat in the pan.

2 power..

[Multidigits]

The best ones are those with long eye relief.

[wademup]

Got a Simmons 2.5 with a circle in the crosshair,head in circle=bird in hand!!
Long eye relief is a necessity as said and I think I payed around 70.00 for the scope and the B Square mount together.

Wademup

[870sm]

How many guys use a scope on their turkey gun and what brand do you use? I was thinking about getting a Simmons, Bushnell, or Nikon in 4x for my 870.
I use a red dot scope on my gun. I've got a post check out your turkey guns.

[ocbowhunter]

I used to use a Banner 1.5x4.5 power scope. But 12 stitches later I decided to switch to a red dot. Not NEARLY enough eye relief I found when shooting 3 1/2 inch mags.

Now use a Bushness Trophy 3 inch red dot. The kind with 4 differernt patterns. I really like the change.

[Tha' Hat]

My wife has a Simmons on her 870, and she's death with it. That scope has been in place for 10 seasons or better (it's a hand-me-down from her dad) and I don't think it's ever been readjusted. She's killed nearly 10 birds with it, and I've never seen her miss.

[Bee]

if you are used to scopes, go for it. If you are not a deer hunter or serious scope rifle shooter, then I think you would be a lot happier with the red dot. I am. Many reasons: among them, ability to pick upbird easily and then slightly shift head or eyes to find dot and place it without "waving" gun around in a scope, and the eye relief is a big factor, as stated earlier. 2 cts.

[The Beagler]

I've got scopes on every one of my rifles, so I figure it's the best way to go. I don't like the idea of batteries with the red dots, some of the places I hunt are pretty remote and a trip into town for new batteries would waste a lot of my hunting time.

Last year, my buddy killed a huge gobbler (11.75 beard, 1.5 inch spurs) in a field filled with yellow tops. My other buddy that was hunting with him was only a few steps away and couldn't kill the bird because he couldn't see him without a scope on his gun.

It seems most of you guys use variable power scopes instead of fixed, I might look into that.

[golfman205]

Killed 2 toms last year with a red dot on my Browning Gold, wouldn't hunt without one now.

[INKYHUNTER]

Simmons 2X work great! Multi is right about eye relief, it hurts like heck when you shoot out of position and get ring eye. The Simmons has plenty of relief.