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What sight do you use on your whitetail handgun?

Traditional scope
24 (41.4%)
Red dot scope
9 (15.5%)
Iron sights
23 (39.7%)
Other, holographic etc.
2 (3.4%)

Total Members Voted: 58

Voting closed: September 21, 2005, 02:50:44 PM

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Offline S.B.

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« on: September 21, 2005, 02:50:44 PM »
What kind of sight do you use on the handgun you use for whitetail deer hunting?
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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2005, 03:00:02 PM »
IMO this is one time plain black iron sights don't get it. Try and pick a spot on a deer with it's winter coat in the snow. Those black sights blend in to me.
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« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2005, 04:34:08 PM »
Depends on which gun I use. I have red-dot's as well as scopes.
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« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2005, 05:36:18 PM »
While I have used scopes in the past, I voted for iron sights.  With the type of hunting I do, and the area that I hunt, it is so much easier, and faster to use iron sights as opposed to any optical sights.  

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« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2005, 06:15:35 AM »
Red Dot Sites get the nod for my hunting handguns...
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« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2005, 07:24:39 AM »
Traditional fixed iron sights on a Single Action in .45lc.  Just developed a load that will shoot to Point of Aim at 50yds and use it out to about 75 yds if necessary. Truthfuly, most of my shots are under 50ft insted of yds, but I regulary shoot out to 100yds with the gun just for fun and to know where it hits.


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« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2005, 08:03:35 AM »
all my hunting handguns have normal handgun scopes on them but 1 and that is the 10 inch 45-410 contender.
I have used iron sights to hunt buy i have trouble getting a good hot on animalswith them
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« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2005, 01:20:35 PM »
reddot on my SRH scopes on my rifles
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« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2005, 03:37:00 PM »
Iron sights on revolvers.

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« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2005, 03:48:12 PM »
Will use Burris 3x and Simmons 4X this year....
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« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2005, 04:10:33 PM »
Well that depends on my hunting situation in the deep wood I use my VAQUREO 45 Colt. Open fields S&W 8 3/8 incher top off with a leupold. Still hunting I usely stick with iron sight. 3 guns for 3 hunting situation :grin:  :grin:
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« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2005, 04:26:52 PM »
Nikon 2X

I have three of these scopes.  Prefer them to the Leupold 2X.
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« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2005, 12:53:33 PM »
:cb2: If nice and close I like a gold bead front, with a notched V rear with a white post.

On my scoped gun, I had a 3x, but this Summer I put a red dot on it. However, I was having so much trouble getting that red dot zeroed in, I might just go back to the scope. That red dot sure did seem like a good idea at the time.
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« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2005, 03:56:43 PM »
I only use iron sights on my revolvers. I love the "handiness" of an open sighted revolver. A scope just adds weight, and even worse, bulk, to a gun that I don't plan on shooting much beyond 50 yards with anyway.

I'll fully admit that I could likely shoot way better groups with a scoped revolver, but that'd likely just cause me to start stretching my ranges farther than I needed to. I like hunting with iron sighted revolvers for the same reasons I used to bow hunt. It forces me to get very close to game before I can take a shot. I like the "up close, and personal" side of hunting.
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