Peep sight on pistol

[ss1]

Peep sight on pistol, [has / or] is this done? Cap and ball' single shot like a trappers etc.?

 

[Jac Spring]

No reason you couldn't put a nice aperture sight on a ml pistol - might have to drill and tap the tang to mount one but a lyman sight intended for rifles would probably work just fine - though you may want a larger aperture as the sight will be farther from your eye. Should be able to get replacement, screw-in apertures to suit.

 

[jbg]

I'm not sure it would work. Even with the larger aperture, it is going to be difficult to pick up the front sight.

 

[bigbore442001]

The use of a peep sight on a handgun has had mixed results.

There is a company that makes a peep for modern handguns, One-Hole, I believe.

 

[Jac Spring]

Well, one consideration is that if a two handed hold is allowed/used then you can place the aperture closer to the eye - but then you get the muzzle that much closer too :shocked2:

This is what silhouette shooters do.

 

[Blizzard of '93]

Yes, I have seen that done on the single-shot break action pistols. most use a small scope tho.

 

[ss1]

Have just mounted a williams dovetail ghost peep sight, has el and win adj. About same lenght as orig. It helps a lot. thanks to all

 

[Roy]

I had an original late percusion single shot pistol with a peep sight. Arguable if it is original to the gun or not, but none the less it had one.

 

[Wes/Tex]

It's possible but will be hard to keep focused due to extended eye relief. The mention of a ghost ring is possible but it will have a much wider opening, closer to 1/4 inch. A peep sight is designed for target shooting and their small openings assume your eye will be in close proxemity to the sight itself.

 

[renovato]

While I've never seen it on a muzzleloading pistol, I know the concept works. I shot silhuette for many years using a peep sight equipped Remington XP-100 pistol in .308. I've always had issues with vertical stringing when using peeps, but you can sure get good groups with them.

If you give it a try, please let us know what sight you used and how you attached it. I'm somewhat interested in trying this also.

 

[Bob Riegl]

:bow: Frankly I have been shooting competition pistol since 1958---iron sights and dot scopes, International and Bullseye. I could not imagine the difficulty with dealing with a peep as a rear sight on any type of pistol with the exception of bench rest shooting and possible metallic silhouette which is also under the constraints of using some form of a prone or back position. Those sights on a pistol just move too much for the use of a peep IMHO, you may also get away with it using a Weaver two point double handed approach. :hmm:

 

[renovato]

I've never tried them on any other type of pistol, but on the center grip XP-100, they're very easy to use, even one handed. The gun itself has good balance though, and remains pretty stable. I think a muzzle heavy black powder pistol would probably make a stable enough platform for them to work well also though. The Trapper would probably be a good choice alright. It's muzzle heavy and stable, points very well, and has a nice trigger. If I ever have time for another project, I may give it a go also, just out of curiosity.