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Originally Posted by m21sniper
My understanding is that as soon as the shot leaves the barrel the pattern starts to immediately expand at an incremental rate. So it seems obvious to me that the shorter the barrel, the greater the spread at, say, 10 feet.
I DO agree that shotgun patterns are of a size at close range that aiming is still entirely required. At 7yds the pattern is only about the size of a grapefruit from a typical 12ga 18" bbl gun.
I do agree with RPK about that. I also agree that red dot/HUD/laser would all be very useful sighting aids in close-medium range combat, and especially for longer range shots.
I do not have enough skeet/trap shooting to offer an opinion, but the burris fastfire setup seems like it might work pretty awesome on a shotgun.
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As you noted we are speaking of two completely different use scenarios in this thread. Tactical shotgun work is essentially the same as tactical rifle or pistol work. So any device that allows more accurate aiming or pointing in less than idea circumstances is a benefit. While a HUD or red-dot type of device will allow improved shoulder mounted use. A laser will allow for off shoulder accuracy as well as shouldered improvement which is allows more flexibility in the tactical use situations.