Peep sights on Muzzleloaders

[romeoh]

I had in the back of my mind that I just seen an old original flinter with peepsight.
Did a little websearch, an I think this was the one:

It was sold in april, here´s the auction-link: Klick me!




Here´s another one that showed up in the google-list:

:hatsoff:

 

[Claude Mathis]

Here's a flip-up peep sight reported to be from 1670.

 

[Zoar]

Darn it, Claude, don't you know peeps sights were never used before MidwayUSA starting selling them!!??? hahahha :rotf:

Thanks for the excellent post and the revealing photo. Very cool pict!