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AZMike #618720 08/28/22 09:39 AM
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Interesting Daryl. Possibly where Annie got the idea for her Remington Autoloading Shotgun

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Mid beads, if found, are usually on better grade guns. Being so, I have one gun with a mid bead and if I remember correctly, the manual said they were to be aligned in a figure eight. I use the gun for trap shooting and turkey hunting and with the stock modified to fit me, the beads do align in an 8. I have a personal policy of never putting a shotgun to my shoulder without first having a "target" to focus on so as not to allow my focus to go to the rib and bead. I do this to avoid diminishing target focus. I know that sounds a bit mental but not focusing on the target is, I think, one of the main problems shooters have. Many want to aim a shotgun as they would a rifle and that is the root of shooting behind the bird. My gun with a mid bead did not fit me and I had to adjust the comb to fix that. Is it just a coincidence the beads align in the 8? Maybe the gun was built correctly and I am built wrong!

AZMike #618729 08/28/22 05:17 PM
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1940s Lyman marketing

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There does not seem to be a consensus regarding mid-bead placement; Lyman states "well forward". Some advocate exact middle of the barrel but Browning mid-beads are forward of mid-barrel.

AZMike #618734 08/29/22 07:58 AM
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The Lyman ads in the 60s finally used the new fangled hammerless illustration wink

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Which could be the breech sculpting of a L.C. Smith

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My BEO Remington trap gun has a slot milled in the barrel about 2 1/2" forward of the breech. This looks like great grandpa trap shooter was accessorizing a rear sight maybe a Lyman front sight? We trapshooters didn't start monkeying around the guns just yesterday!! I am seriously thinking about finding a sight to try.

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AZMike #618736 08/29/22 09:00 AM
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Possibly he took Capt. Lee's (bad) advice Mike wink
Capt. T.K. Lee, “Rifle Sights for Shotguns”, Outers' Recreation, Nov. 1919
https://books.google.com/books?id=l3s7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA354&lpg

AZMike #618847 08/30/22 07:36 PM
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Another idea for shotgun sights; the Leader Sight

10-1909 Rod & Gun in Canada

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1911 Sears catalog with a "heart shaped rear globe sight" that could be positioned on the rib

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