Absolutely correct. In addition, having the optimum/proper size and sight is key.The trick with peep sights is to ignore the peep and focus on the front sight and target, your eye will automatically centre on the peep.
Absolutely correct. In addition, having the optimum/proper size and sight is key.The trick with peep sights is to ignore the peep and focus on the front sight and target, your eye will automatically centre on the peep.
Great idea! Will try this!No firearm alteration peep sight option !
Below is photo of the eyeglass frame clip-on DEADEYE peep-sight I designed 55+ years ago to resolve my blurry vision open-sight issues in competition & hunting.
This setup will provide you with a clear picture of front & rear sights & your target.
Back in my younger competition days I provided several of my fellow competitor friends with these & always received grins with the results.
This peep sight can be made for less than $12.00. The jewelers loupe can be purchased from Harbor Frt. for about $5.00 or ordered off Amazon for about $10.00.
For the black optics disc I've always used the bottom of a 35m film canister & use the removed glass lense as your pattern. Start with drilling a .040 dia. hole in the center for your aperture for clarity, I use .060 in mine.
The arm can be tweaked to conform to your eyeglass needs & nice benefit is the eyepiece swivels out of your line of vision when not needed between matches.
As usual there are always forum naysayers to this option but it sure beats sticking a piece of gooey tape on your lense & altering your upper barrel flat with holes & dovetails.
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Ok,,?I'd like to resurrect this thread.
What is a mule rifle? And what concepts do you intend to test? Which variables will be tested first? And How will you document your test variables?I've gone as far as to build a test mule rifle just to verify some of the concepts.
Ok,,?
What is a mule rifle? And what concepts do you intend to test? Which variables will be tested first? And How will you document your test variables?
Do you have provocation of the test standard?
What guideline for proof of variable is to be used?
I mean honest, the OP hasn't been here since last year,
What is the intention?
"I made a sight for my gun." "an it works good"..
yeah, well? welcome to the 18th century .
Sorry, it's 2024, Step it up a notch friend,, show us,,
What are your standard loads, what cleaning is done(?) between loads, how have the sight variables changed.
"I made a sight for my gun." "an it works good"..
yeah, well? welcome to the 18th century .
...It would be great if someone could design a rear sight with the same changeable lenses...
It seems so simple and I would think there are a lot more people shooting firearms than bows. I wish I was a machinist so I could make a metal pep site. One could even use the current lenses that are available separately. The picture shows one of the sets available. The lens is above the dime. You place the lens in the peep site and screw the aperture over it. The hole size is even adjustable from 1/32 to 5/32. Seems like such a simple system and I think would help so many. I know I struggled for a while and almost gave up shooting my bow until I started using this.A very good product development suggestion...
I made this in 2005, see how far up the rear sight is... All these years later and I can still see it.
I hope you’re using at least a 50 caliber heavy bullet for your mules… they’re tough!Cool it, dude; I'm on your side; one question at a time please [dang].
I come from an engineering background and old habits and terms die hard, sorry: "Mule" is not derisive; it is simply a term for a quick & inexpensive platform meant to thoroughly test concepts without reservation i.e. "beaten like a government mule". In this case it's a SDI Traditions Shenandoah. I'm not going to scar and scratch up my Kiblers by repeatedly beating the sights in and out of the dovetails, clamping stuff on the barrel, etc.
I already stated in the my post that my first test is a ghost peep out at the normal rear sight position. I used a magnet and various diameter washers and slid them fore and aft, high and low, and came to the conclusion that a .1" dia peep set at the stock rear sight position, in combination with the stock front sight, will be my first test:
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(dupe pic; posted elsewhere)
ETA: I already tried various reading glasses and stick on diopters as suggested in here without satisfactory results.
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