Rear Peep for a T/C New Englander?

[Halftail]

I've got a peep for my New Englander.Haven't installed it yet.Would it be practical in a hunting situation?Does anyone here use one for hunting?

 

[roundball]

I've got a peep for my New Englander.Haven't installed it yet.Would it be practical in a hunting situation?Does anyone here use one for hunting?

IMO, my own experience with peep sights is that they are very poor to unusable in low light conditions...which is almost always the best time & chance of seeing good bucks other than the rut.

I intentionally won't use them...just open rear sights with a dab of white paint on the front bead is what I've settled
on
:m2c:

 

[Halftail]

Thanks Roundball,
I appreciate your opinion!

 

[BS]

If you use a 5/32" hole, they will work, just not on a TC brand. If you have a Williams, Merit makes a Hunter Peep that works well.

www.Merit-peep

 

[Stumpkiller]

Depends on the peep and depends in the distance. I have one on a T/C Carbine in .223 that is good for woodchucks out to 250 yards. I love the one on my SMLE Mk 4, good out to 200 yards on 6" bulls with the large 5/32" aperature coupled with the 1/16" wide protected front.

What you don't want is a tiny aperature in low light. A large aperature and both eyes open is perhaps the fastest sight for moving game with a rifle. But taking moving game is something to be approached cautiously with any single shot. Also, in the rain a small aperature seems to grab every raindrop and become filled with water and useless.

For muzzleloading ranges, I still prefer open iron sights.

 

[cayugad]

I hunted with a Thompson Center Peep on my Renegade for many years. They are a very accurate sight. Their trouble comes in when the sun starts to set and you are looking into shadows. I had to pass on shots. Not because I could not see the animal but was having a hard time getting the right sight picture in the shadows with the peep.

I did take some florescent neon green paint and touch the front sight and that really helped a lot. Then when the sun started to set, I took the peep out and shot it through the ghost ring, and limited the ranges I shot at.

They will work, but practice with them. In open field or when the sun is up, the accuracy you can get with a peep is excellent. We are not allowed scopes during our muzzleloader season and that was the reason I went to one...

 

[THBailey]

I put a Williams Ghost Ring on my New Englander and like it a lot. It mounts on the barrel, not the tang so it holds zero a bit better. The Ghost Ring is a larger hole so I don't lose anything in low light.

 

[SCATTERSHOT]

I love peep sights, but I remove the aperture. Makes more of a "ghost ring" type of sight. Most guys new to peep sights try to use the target aperture for hunting, and find that they can't see through it in low light situations.

If it's light enough to shoot at all, you can use the large aperture peep, IMO.

 

[sidelock]

My first PEEP was on a Crosman .22 cal pellet rifle back in 1947. Loved them ever since. Lots of game has gone down in front of them for me over the years. Great sights. :m2c:

 

[Landngroove]

Williams Gun Sight Co. makes a Twilight Series aperature, that will screw right into the T/C Hunting Style Peep Sight. I use these aperatures on my T/C Peep sights. they have a gold colored ring on them that helps in low light conditions. They come in different sized inner holes, from .050" to .150". I like the .093". I find that the standard aperature that comes with the T/C peep is O.K. for target, but not good for hunting in low light.

 

[BS]

The best peep that I have seen is the Merit Hunter, it is adjustable from 0-.156, or just remove it and use the hole as a Ghost Ring!

My latest Peep with the Merit Hunter.