I’ve got a back up 870 work gun that I’m turning into a home defense firearm. Going to chop the barrel to just over 18”, add a mag extender, and would like to put some kind of optic on it. Curious what you guys have or would pick that you like and why.

I like the holosun optics on pistols, but wondering if those might be too small. Preferably looking for something I can get on target with quick, thinking something in the 8moa dot size or a donut would probably work better. I’d love to get your thoughts. Thx

Nothing is faster than pointing. If you can take a limit of dove with less than a box of shells you can hit an intruder in the face without even thinking about it.

No sights on shotguns.

Holosun 507 would be perfect for a shotgun.

What howl said. Peripheral vision is paramount in a home defense situation, an optic hinders that.

Great “points” guys. I’ve put thousands of rounds through that gun, and besides when Turkey hunting, I’ve never aimed at anything. I don’t think about anything when I shoulder it… like you say, it’s just a feel thing.

Reason I asked is I’ve seen some guys running them in 3-gun/2x4 matches and they seem very competent with them. And I know a box fed shotgun like this is more than a “home defense” shotgun, but you can kinda see what I’m talking about at the 7:56 min spot in this video:


I was impressed with their performance on pistols, so I thought I would give it a go on a project like this and see what it’s like.

I’m probably gonna do like Kyle suggested and swap the 507C I have on a pistol for a trial run to see if I like it. Might take a few weeks, but I’ll let y’all know what I think.

Why not a Streamlight TR2 G? It gives you a great deal of flexibility.

I have a swamp fox Red dot on my 1301 and it’s fast. You will like the quickness. The eotech like reticle on the holosun would be tits on a shotgun

I’m a big fan of tits… I think I’m gonna go for it