Iron sights for my 870?

**JSTICFRALL** · 02-20-11, 12:13

My wonderful girlfriend bought me a brand new Remington 870 Express for Christmas this year and I'm starting to look for some upgrades. It came with just a bead at the end of the barrel but I'd like to upgrade it to a set of iron sights. I'm not really interested in putting any kind of optic (RDS) or anything like that on there, so having a rail installed isn't important to me. I found these Trijicon ghost ring sights ( http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct...sting-_-109166 ) on Midway that are more or less what I'm looking for, however since I'm new to the 870, I wasn't sure if there was anything better/more affordable that you guys knew about. And in case it matters, I'm setting the shotgun up for home defense.

**ICANHITHIMMAN** · 02-20-11, 12:38

I am running thouse sight on my shotgun their great. If you look through the brownells cataloge their are some more options as well.

**The Cat** · 02-20-11, 13:15

First off, kudos to the cool girlfriend

Second, great question - I'm wanting to solve that particular sight conundrum myself.

**ChicagoTex** · 02-20-11, 13:47

Is your receiver already tapped for ghost rings?

If not, you'll have to do it yourself or send it in to a gun shop.

This is why my compromise with my express was to get a rifle sighted barrel (where both the rear and front sight are on the barrel). I'd prefer Ghost Rings, but can't lay out that kind of cash right now.

**KCabbage** · 02-20-11, 14:12

The Triji's are nice. They're basically the same as the Scattergun Technologies but cheaper. MMC also makes shotgun sights.

**JSTICFRALL** · 02-20-11, 15:17

Originally Posted by ChicagoTex

Is your receiver already tapped for ghost rings?

Unfortunately it's not. I figured if I got that set-up I'd just take it to the smith and have it drilled and tapped. I do have a drill press and a tap set though...

**ChicagoTex** · 02-20-11, 15:47

Originally Posted by JSTICFRALL

Unfortunately it's not. I figured if I got that set-up I'd just take it to the smith and have it drilled and tapped. I do have a drill press and a tap set though...

Ah, well then, sounds good. I was just making sure you weren't under the impression that they were drop-in.

FWIW, I'm not a fan of that style of ghost ring. I'm more comfortable with wide, eared, fully-adjustable rigs like LPA or Vang-Comp (although those are, unsurprisingly, quite a bit more expensive).

**KCabbage** · 02-20-11, 16:45

Originally Posted by JSTICFRALL

Unfortunately it's not. I figured if I got that set-up I'd just take it to the smith and have it drilled and tapped. I do have a drill press and a tap set though...

Go for it brother. It's pretty easy work and it doesn't take to long at all. The supplied adhesive came off pretty easy so I used some Loctite Weld the second time and it's still solid.