[SlickWillard]

I was thinking about the heat shield, because I was worried that rapid firing would cause the barrel to overheat. With the Mossberg, you have the option of the ghost ring sites -OR- the heat shield, but not both. I opted for the ghost ring sites that come with the 51663, and I am happy to report that we haven't generated any real heat in multi-shot situations. At most, I've felt only what you would call a warmth from the barrel.

[freedomlover]

I was thinking about the heat shield, because I was worried that rapid firing would cause the barrel to overheat. With the Mossberg, you have the option of the ghost ring sites -OR- the heat shield, but not both. I opted for the ghost ring sites that come with the 51663, and I am happy to report that we haven't generated any real heat in multi-shot situations. At most, I've felt only what you would call a warmth from the barrel.

Frankly I doubt that anybody's going to be too worried about the heat of the barrel in a 9-shot max shootout. At the same time I doubt I would ever use a sight - I'd just blast and correct, and hope I remember to pump the damn thing.

Once I'm done I won't worry about a hot barrel as much as I'll worry about having a heart attack.

Hot barrels are a worry when shooting skeet - yikes!