Peeps on my southern mountain rifle?

[Zonie]

If cataract's are the problem, even a peep sight won't help much.

At least for me, the peep sight did help but rather than seeing one front sight and the target bulls eye, I saw 3 front sights and three bulls eye's.

I chose to sight in my rifles with peep sights for the sight/target that was the clearest. :grin:

After the cataract surgery, I had to re-sight in my rifles.

 

[Grenadier1758]

You can find peep sights as original equipment on crossbows. So historically they are not out of the question. Peep sights are indeed rare, but don't let that stop you from installing one like the Johnson sight or a simple lollipop sight.

 

[Dean2]

Use whatever lets you keep getting out and shooting. Brownelles sells a very good peep that is hieght aadjustable and fits in a standard 3/8 dovetail.
Brownelles Peep


SPECS: Steel, blue, polished finish. Fits nominal 3⁄8" (9.5mm) dovetail. Outside Ring O.D. - 9⁄16" (1.4cm). Inside Ring I.D. - .15” (3.8mm). Adjustable - .338”-.535” (8.6mm - 13.5mm) elevation adjustment in six, .030” (.76mm) increments. OAL from rear of dovetail - Long: 2½” (6.3cm). Short - 1½” (3.8cm).

 

[rushlake1]

This is what I use to plink and hunt with..
mounted behind the flash pan on tang.

60 year old eyes

3 bucks to make maybee...

holding 1.5" @ 85 yards

Longer sight radius is an added bonus.

Nothing but a brass rod and brass fine thread screw.

Tang mounted is the way to go.

Like low mount sights ??? these work.

 

[Scota4570]

I like the low mount lolly-pop sight. What keeps it from turning on the thread?

 

[Treestalker]

YES! A friend of mine and I built him a .54 plains rifle and he mounted one of Track's peep sights on it. He has taken at least 3 deer with it that I know of and two were consecutive shots on the same morning. He's an old Vietnam era vet like me and we're both blind in one eye and can't see out the other. I use smoothbores mostly nowdays but am collecting parts for a .36 southren longrifle and will have no qualms about a peep sight. I owe it to the animals I shoot at to be as accurate as I can be. Good luck and good shooting, George.

 

[Sunkmanitu Tanka]

I have the same Lyman Hawkeye with suction cap. I simply love it. First of all it's dirt cheap. The next advantage is that you can easily adjust it to a different place on your glasses when you shoot another type of gun (as like in a pistol or a rifle). Best thing of all is that you don't have to change your gun - so it remains HC, AND you only need one for all your guns! Can't beat that IMHO...

 

[Sunkmanitu Tanka]

Oh my ... I just noticed that I anticipated on one of my own earlier posts ... spoken of a brain fart ... That's one to brag about ... :surrender:

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

Anyone else thought about these when they read the title?

 

[rmark]

Breakfast of champions

 

[inthex]

Bought one, placed it on my rifle, tried sighting in on objects in the back yard. It's in a drawer around here somewhere. Like the other members said, keep the peep close to your eye. Mine has a 1/8 inch hole. Easy to find your target and acurate enough for me. Lately I've shot a friends rifle with a buckhorn rear and wide front blade. The rear is wide enough to see light around the blade. Can't drive nails but taring up a 8 inch plate at 75 yards. Whatever it takes to stay in the game.

 

[WyomingWhitetail]

I was going to mention the skinner. I have a couple of them on my lever guns and really like them. For hunting I'm completely sold on an aperture rear and bead front. Skinner makes one that is just the aperture on a threaded stem that I have on one of my marlins. Seems like that would be the most appropriate choice for a muzzleloader. Could drill and tap the tang or build a small dovetail piece for it and dovetail the barrel. A person could build something similar easy enough to.