Johnson Peep Sight

[RDavis]

Has anyone ever used the Johnson peep sight that is sold by Muzzle loaders Builders Supply. My eyes are not what they used to be and I am thinking about installing a peep sight on my Investment Arms Hawken. I would like to see some photos of one installed on a rifle.

 

[Spikebuck]

I like them a lot.

Here is one that I installed a dovetail on. It's on a Fullstock Flint Hawken I built this year:

030815 Build Complete Left Side Trigger and Sideplate by Mike

030815 Build Complete Left Side Sideplate through Muzzle by Mike

030715 Making Dovetail for Rear Sight 7 by Mike

030715 Installing the Rear Peep Sight 8 by Mike

030715 Installing the Rear Peep Sight 9 by Mike

Also have one of the brass versions installed on a Jaeger I built. This one is screwed into the barrel. I use Twilight apertures from Williams Gun Sights which can be purchased from Midway USA, Brownells, and others.

062414 Installed Johnson Peep Sight by Mike

062414 Installed Johnson Peep Sight 3 by Mike

062414 View through the Johnson Peep by Mike

Hope those help.

Mike

 

[Rat Trapper]

Looks real nice--I like it too.

 

[ZUG]

Very nice SpikeBuck :bow:

 

[hanshi]

Now those look really neat. With my old eyes having so much trouble this may be what I need. I don't care about PC/HC as long as I can see to shoot. I'll be checking these out. Thanks for the pics.

 

[Spikebuck]

The only place I have found the peeps is Muzzleloader Builders Supply:
http://www.muzzleloaderbuilderssupply.com/mbs3cart/agora.cgi

I like the brass ring in the Twilight apertures. I use a .093 to sight in, and then a .125 or .150 for hunting, which will allow you enough light from 1/2 before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset even if cloudy.

Interesting thing I read on the eye's relation to the peep and centering. Usually you hear that the eye will naturally center the front sight...and that's pretty much true. But better than that, as long as the aperture hole is smaller than the pupil diameter, the front sight doesn't even have to be centered to maintain accuracy! And of course, as pupils dilate in low light, they get even bigger in relation to the fixed size of the aperture hole, so even the larger apertures work great!

And...I think peeps were around before the advent of the flintlock...so maybe not many people put them on hunting guns in the 1700's, but they certainly existed for use. :grin: So in my book, that's HC/PC enough!

 

[RDavis]

Thanks for posting the photos. They answer my questions about how they look on a rifle and how well they work. You do great work.

 

[hanshi]

I checked them out on their site and liked what I saw. There's probably one in my future.

 

[bubba.50]

don't know if they still do but, Cain's Outdoors used to also have them.

 

[Grimord]

You might also want to check out Skinner Sights. They have several styles of peep sights.