Sights...

[Gogiants 0]

What sights do you use? This is for a gun that is primarily for HD but I would love to have fun with it breaking clays. Thanks.

[Nailbomb 10,221]

I've done it with my First S-12. It had krebs ghost ring sights.

 

I'm looking foward to see how the H&K sights do on my new one...

[scattergunner 12]

if you want to go the optics route, my percentage of busted clays increased by a noticeable margin when i added an eotech and it is also one of the best sights made for close quarters work due to its "both eyes open" operation.

[havok 21]

I use Krebs with XS 24/7 big dot night sight on my S-12. Cobras choke and the XS front sight is what made big the differance on the S-12 for me to crush them clays. On my trap guns I have/had on both a 2 bead sight with a 1" ribbon/rib barrel with a front white bead. So the XS/krebs was a very easy transition for me.

 

 

Edit

I think the HK's will hold their own on the trap range. I was surpriesd how well the stock sights preformed.

Edited January 19, 2010 by havok

[Reverendfranz 160]

I shoot clays with my HK sights, though i wouldnt mind a choke at the end of that 18in barrel. The mechanical throwers get those things out there.

[Gibbles 23]

I shoot clays with the factory rear and the russian barrel mounted front.

 

I'm a rifle shooter so it's very natural for me, and it works well.

[shades_of_grey 1,092]

I use Krebs ghost-ring sights with a Polychoke. These parts allow fast target acquisition and great accuracy, especially when set to full/extra full choke. It's also nice that these are "bolt-on" parts, (just "screw-on" for the Polychoke), no welding or cutting required.

Edited January 19, 2010 by post-apocalyptic

[hobbyshooter 59]

I use Krebs ghost-ring sights with a Polychoke. These parts allow fast target acquisition and great accuracy, especially when set to full/extra full choke. It's also nice that these are "bolt-on" parts, (just "screw-on" for the Polychoke), no welding or cutting required.

 

I'm with post-apocalyptic. I put krebs sights on my first S-12 conversion, and have shot S12s with HK sights and liked the krebs sights better. So much better than I put them on my second S12 conversion that I had originally planned to put a red-dot on.

 

I also use a polychoke and if I'm shooting bird shot at all I crank it down to the tightest setting. It punches a fist sized hole through the middle of a paper target out at 10 yards. It works great on clays, and works great at focusing the shot together to knock down poppers/plates.

[KROSS FA 14]

Have HK's on mine and love them. If your S12 is primarily for HD purposes then this is a teriffic setup and you can still bust clays with them, although some of these other sights listed may be better options for clay busting.

 

 

Zach

KROSS

[bigcec1 72]

I use factory rear and a hi vis fiber optic bead with cobras winchoke adapter.I'm used to fiber optic beads from shooting trap clays a lot but they won't let me use the saiga drum combo at the range hehe

[Gogiants 0]

Thanks everyone. One more question for those of you that use Krebs. Which aperature do you use on the rear sight?

[shades_of_grey 1,092]

Thanks everyone. One more question for those of you that use Krebs. Which aperature do you use on the rear sight?

 

It depends on the application. For slugs, I use the insert, (peep), for maximum accuracy. For clays, I remove the insert, (ghost-ring), for faster target acquisition.

 

For HD, I leave the insert out. At those short ranges, the ghost-ring is more than accurate enough if you even have time to use the sights.

 

ymmv.

Edited January 20, 2010 by post-apocalyptic

[havok 21]

I also use the rear ghost ring from kreb's.

[6500rpm 670]

Krebs with a fiber optic style front post all the way. I also own one with HK sights and one with a Docter clone. The Krebs just seems more natural to me.