my first HD shotgun

[mattellis2]

Does anyone make night sight ghost rings for shotguns? I recently purchased a FN SLS police, which is my first dedicated HD shotgun. I like the ghost rings on it, but I am interested in adding some night sights if they’re available. Also, does anyone have any lighting options/recommendations? I think a small light clamped to the mag tube would be the way to go, but I am unsure about who makes clamps/mounts or where to look.

Finally, I have read a little bit about HD loads. It seems that #1 buck is the way to go, followed by #4. My gun has a couple of different gas pistons for different weight loads. The standard is for loads to 1.5 ounces and the heavy duty is for 1.5 ounces and above. If I have done my calculations correctly, 16 No. 1 pellets weigh 640 grains, which is 1.48 ounces. I’d rather not push the standard gas piston that hard and No. 1 is pretty uncommon, so I’m going to stoke it with N0. 4’s. 27 No. 4’s come in @ 556 grains which is about 1.28 ounces. If I use No. 4’s, I don’t have to break the gun down every time I go to the range to change the piston. Sound reasonable?

thanks,

-matt

[ElevatedThreat]

A sight maker can easily install tritium inserts in their own brand sights, but I have no idea who makes FNs sights, or it they have tritium. You might contact major ghost ring makers like Wilson Combat or XS Sights, or a tritium supplier like Meprolight or Trijicon, and ask about FN factory sights. Or ping your FN factory service.

At very close ranges like indoors, all buckshot and even birdshot acts essentially like a slug anyway, so pellet size is less important than at longer range.

At ranges longer than about 5 or 10 yards, I would not trust #4 buckshot for self defense, as the individual pellets lack weight and thus penetration. Police have had some spectacular falures to stop with small buckshot on fat, leather-clad biker-type perps.

I personally draw the line at #1 buckshot, preferring 00 or even 000 depending on what patterns well.

The new Federal Flight Control Wad loads with 00 buckshot are very hard to beat, throwing very tight patterns even from stock cylinder-bore guns.

-ET

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