Ironsighter Shotgun Scope Mount

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I currently have a Mossberg 500 12ga combo with the bead barrel and Improved Cyl. slug barrel. I am wanting to put a scope on the gun, but if I do this it will make it useless with the smoothbore regular barrel.

I am thinking of putting Ironsighter see thru shotgun mounts on so that way I can use the slug barrel with a scope and then if I change barrels I can use the "see thru" for the vent rib smooth bore for rabbit/squirrel etc...

What are your thoughts on this subject with wanting a scope on a 500, but needing to use both barrels?

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I have scopes on my Browning BPS and Benelli Super Black Eagle rifled slug barrels. However, they are attached to the barrel in such a manner that they can be removed with the barrel (e.g., cantilever scope mount on the BPS, and drilled and tapped on the SBE but the barrel on an SBE includes what would be a portion of the receiver on most guns).

What is your main reason for using the smoothbore? For me, I use my smoothbore mostly for wing shooting at doves, crows, ducks, and geese. Doing any of that with a scope on top of the gun would be tough. I think the scope with see thru rings would just limit your field of vision. I can see it working with deer since you will usually only be shooting at a single animal, and the gun usually doesn't need to be swung very fast on deer. However, for wingshooting, sometimes there is a lot of gun swing and sometimes there are multiple targets.

You can try it and see how you do. If it doesn't work out, but a slug barrel for the 500 that uses a cantilever scope mount.