turkey22 Posted January 14, 2007 Posted January 14, 2007 Does Benelli offer a size bigger front sight? It's very difficult to see the small red bar. Quote
tucker301 Posted January 14, 2007 Posted January 14, 2007 Benelli doesn't, but there are numerous aftermarket options. With a shotgun, you should only be seeing the bead enough to confirm that you're pointing the gun in the right direction. If you have eye dominace problems, or problems maintaining proper form, you may benefit from a sight like the EasyHit. Quote
turkey22 Posted January 15, 2007 Author Posted January 15, 2007 Don't like the easy hit, can never get it straight and had two to fall off in the rain. Besides the red bar being hard to see, a larger one lowers the P.O.I. Every Benelli I own shoots high. Quote
dooderman Posted January 15, 2007 Posted January 15, 2007 I love my Easy hit. If it feel off in the rain it wasn't installed right. Got to use some alchohol on the rib. The wipe it comes with to me is not enough. I used a cottonball. Anyway, if you cannot see the red light in the tube then it is doing the job of showing you that you are not looking down the rib. I use the bigger one and after pattering my gun with it noticed it shoots right on about 70/30(high/low on the dot) on the target but I have heard each gun is different. I plan on adjusting the drop to get more of a 60/40. Hopefully I am doing it right I am super new at this but found it works at keeping my head down. My gun looked bare without it also. Anyway, I am not an expert so maybe I am doing something wrong but this is what I found. CR Quote
turkey22 Posted January 15, 2007 Author Posted January 15, 2007 My problem is getting it on straight. Is there a trick to lining it up straight, both sides and top of the rib? Quote
turkey22 Posted January 15, 2007 Author Posted January 15, 2007 By the way, talked to Benelli and they replace the standard bead with one for the Nova. 4mm diameter compared to the 1 or 2mm that comes on the gun. They also said that it is possible for the choke tube threads to be crooked. In that event it would have to go back in order to rethread it. Quote
photopro Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 The front sight on a Benelli is a bit of a joke, I replaced mine with a Turkey sight from TruGlo, they have three (maybe four) different methods of fixing depending on the sight you have purchased. Mine went on very easily and it fixed using a soft adhesive pad. You would probably destroy the sight if you tried to remove it, so it is firmly stuck !! The Benelli sight unscrews very simply on a conventional thread. photopro Quote
turkey22 Posted January 16, 2007 Author Posted January 16, 2007 Photopro, which sight did you have? I didn't think Tru Glo used an adhesive. TKU Quote
photopro Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 I can't remember the stock number but it was called a "Gobble dot" it has a front in red and rear sight in green, something I have never had on a shotgun before. It is very bright though and only cost about $22. The adhesive pad is a very soft black material which sticks like waste product to a blanket. photopro Quote
dooderman Posted January 17, 2007 Posted January 17, 2007 The easyhit uses adhesive to. I love mine like I said so it is all good. Use whatever will work for you. I do know people like Tucker have said they don't like those sights because they cannot see. Total personal choice Quote
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