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Which do you prefer- a shotgun with a mid bead or no mid bead? And why? Personally I prefer the mid bead on a shotgun. What's your opinion?
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I have a number of shotguns that have mid-beads. The only time I notice them is while cleaning or oiling the barrels. A fair percentage of Syracuse Lefevers have them, so I've assumed they were a factory option, but can't confirm that.
I cant ever recall noticing any mid-bead while shooting. I suspect that if I tried concentrating on lining up or stacking front and mid-beads with a moving target, that it would negatively affect my shooting. They always seemed like a sort of trap shooting gimmick for repeated presentations to me.
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I like a mid-bead as a training aid. Especially on a newer shotgun. It helps me satisfy myself that the shotgun is mounted properly and that it will shoot where I am looking. I don't use it as a sighting device or aid. I just look at the target over the barrel and shoot. Seems to work for me.
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That’s a gun club shooting aid.
If you are a hunter, ain’t no way you are stacking beads on the flush.
I have guns with, and without. Makes no difference.
Kind of like the fins on the late ‘50’s cars.
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I like a mid-bead as a training aid. Especially on a newer shotgun. It helps me satisfy myself that the shotgun is mounted properly and that it will shoot where I am looking. I don't use it as a sighting device or aid. I just look at the target over the barrel and shoot. Seems to work for me. Duplicate. Sorry .
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I like a mid-bead as a training aid. Especially on a newer shotgun. It helps me satisfy myself that the shotgun is mounted properly and that it will shoot where I am looking. I don't use it as a sighting device or aid. I just look at the target over the barrel and shoot. Seems to work for me. I am the same way, Hal. It is down to zero here, so I have not been able to try out that new B S/S that I recently purchased. My model 21s have mid beads. The new B/SS I just bought doesn't. Just shouldering the Browning around the room, I think I could get the B/SS shouldered faster, and get it on target quicker with a mid bead, even though I don't actually aim a gun when I shoot it. It should help me shoot a little quicker where I am looking. But, I'll have to wait and see when I get it out in the field.
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for me its like engraving or rib matting, it makes the gun pretty to look at, in use I see the target not the gun
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IMO, useless in practice for everything except pre-mounted shotgunning. But, they are cute.
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I had a lesson at the long-established Holland & Holland shooting school in west London some year ago.
The side-by-side that they provided me with to use had NO beads at all. I commented on this, and they replied "Just concentrate on the head of the bird, sir."
It works...
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