Skinner Express Peep on GPR

[Hawken-Hunter]

My eyes aren't so good any more, and I'm considering a Skinner Express peep sight for my Lyman .54 GPR. Has anyone tried this on a GPR? I would have the gunsmith mount it at the very back of the barrel. I've used the Lyman 57 peep. I had very good groups with it, but I don't like the way it looked - not very traditional.

 

[Rifleman1776]

If a peep worked for you, go for what you want. Not all clubs allow them for competition. Mine does because of the age of our members.

 

[50cal.cliff]

You know and I don't understand why they won't allow such a peep site.

At distance of a 100yds. or less I will take you on with what ever sight you choose, and most days I can still keep up with you.

Now I don't know how much longer the eyes are going to keep doing that good but right now I am still good out to a 100yds. Which most of my shots around here are going to be less than that, when hunting anyway! I will be the first too say my eyesight is getting worse than it was. I can't read a thing most days with out my reading glasses.

I go to the range and often out shoot those with the new-fangled unmentionable's with scopes using nothing but iron sights.

Now I will say I have gone from a V rear sight, too a rear sight with a circle aperture and it seems to help my shooting with my present eye sight!

IMHO opinion its not about the sight its about the shooter. You can have the most expensive scope out there and with out the discipline to make the shot you are still going to be a lousy shot!

 

[Paul_R]

With my eyes, peeps only work well for me when they're really close to the eye, like a tang sight on a lever gun.

 

[Rifleman1776]

I don't understand why they won't allow such a peep site.

It is an attempt to preserve the historic aspect of shooting old (style) guns.
Most bigger shoots have multiple categories. Some that are open sight only and some that are 'any metallic' (meaning peepers) sights.
It is with small clubs that might prohibit peeps where some might have a problem.

 

[dbutch]

Track of the Wolf has peeps..
Here's another idea...lots of ways to go with this http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/...275469/post/1284222/hl//fromsearch/1/#1284222

 

[bpd303]

Pretty good discussion about peep sights here. I like the lollipop sights but they are hard to find or you have to make them.
http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/258963/

 

[AZbpBurner]

With my eyes, peeps only work well for me when they're really close to the eye, like a tang sight on a lever gun.

A lot of other sights pushing the aperture further away from your eye won't be nearly as effective - it's all optical physics.

 

[50cal.cliff]

I don't understand why they won't allow such a peep site.

It is an attempt to preserve the historic aspect of shooting old (style) guns.
Most bigger shoots have multiple categories. Some that are open sight only and some that are 'any metallic' (meaning peepers) sights.
It is with small clubs that might prohibit peeps where some might have a problem.

OK I get that it's the rules but as we get older you sometimes have to break the rules! :blah: I was more or less thinking out loud.

Here is another thread on the subject of peeps! http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/221892/tp/1/

Necessity is the mother of invention and as a Mountain Man's eyes aged I don't see him hanging up his rifle.

He would have looked for something that made that eyesight work for him! I have a reference from a very reliable source on this forum, of seeing an original Hawken with a V buckhorn rear sight.

The rear sight had been altered as it had a washer that had been attached to the V Buckhorn too it to make a circle aperture! So I figure someone made there way into a gun shop and said I can't seem my sights anymore! Can you help?

As too peeps I can't find any documentation but personally I don't see it being out of the question.

And for my opinion about if you don't have the discipline to make a good shot,............ well even a scope ain't gonna help let alone a peep, but again the is my opinion, not a PC or HC fact! :wink:

 

[petew]

Every time we insist on PC/HC stuff like peeps etc. we send another shooter to the 209 scoped counter.
Every new shooter with a sabot & 209 is another nail in our side locks coffin.
The choices are getting smaller and smaller every year. TC has droped the Hawken, Traditions is only available in 45 cal,the 50 cal machinery is all used making inlines now and others will follow the trend.
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[Dave Marsh]

I have a skinner peep sight on my 45-70 Marlin 1895c and it works and looks great. Can't go wrong with a Skinner if you choose it.