Sight Tricks.. whats yours
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Yes sir I did and what I did for my old eyes is mounted a Williams peep sight on my rifle,my trade guns I just have point I put on target a shoot .
You just gotta do what ever works for you cause we’re all a little different just like our guns ,oh and shoot often and lots of.
Daryl Crawford
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Been thinking it may soon be necessary to go with a peep as well, or at least a buckhorn.
Man that chunky front sight would have me going cross eyed
Hey different strokes for different folks! I like a larger front sights and wider rear sight notch thin front sights dissappear in this stuff
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IMO the rear sight gap is too narrow for that front sight
Its actually wider than it came! It's been filed open slightly. I cut in the horizontal and vertical cuts in the rear sight and cut the serrations on the front blade to hold color better(cleaner) I have 1/4 -1/5 front sight width open space on each side of the front sight when centered
I always play with my sights, except on original vintage guns. So do whatever it takes to make them work better for you
I don't mess with the sights but I really do try to focus on my breathing, trigger touch and follow through. If I do that, I generally here a ding out there where I was pointing. 
flatcreek
40 Cal
Nail polish for mine.
As you have already done, I open my rear sight so I see daylight on both sides of my front sight. Also, with aging eyes, I have peep sights on some guns. I like a front sight about .060 to .070 wide with yellow paint at the tip. I use fletch-lac or testors. The super thin blades just disappear to my eyes.
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Opening the rear sight to a square notch has helped me add a few minutes to my hunting day, and a few points to my woodswalk score.
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I put a peep sight with a globe target sight on my T/C Hawken recently, both Lyman. I had to, my eyesight has degenerated with age. I've only shot it a few times since, but I can now hit the 100 yard target "minute of Deer"...
Your eye automatically finds the center of the sight.
My sight trick is to use a diopter or pin hole made from black electrical tape. Punch about a 1/8" diameter hole in a square piece of tape and stick that to your shooting glasses. The view through the pin hole which can be adjusted to better suit your sighting needs will have everything in focus from the rear sight to the target. The visibility will be dimmed.
I used the diopter electrical tape thing until I got cataract surgery last year. I can now see sights and target perfectly. I prefer a brass blade with a perpendicular back and the top 1/8" radiused and shined up. It shows up great in the woods or target.
German Silver for me, even before cataract surgery this helped..
I file a small angle on the top , back side too catch natural light…
I file a small angle on the top , back side too catch natural light…
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