Skinner peep sight

[FishDFly]

Beginning to think it might just be best to stay with what I have.

If I put a Skinner peep on, I might have to start fiddling with the front sight which might not be a wise decision.

 

[Grimord]

As I posted earlier, Skinner makes what they call a "low Peep" that screws into the plugged breech plug on some T/C barrels. This hole was placed on the breech plug for a williams scope mount base, but is a standard 6x48 tapped hole. The skinner low peep screws right in. It is adjustable for elevation only, and can still use the existing front sight. This set up is up close to the eye and looks good. I have a couple mounted on various T/C barrels and like them alot.

 

[BrownBear]

If a person's eye can focus on an open rear sight, front sight and target, why cannot the eye not focus on the Skinner peep, front sight and target? Seems it would be the same concept. Am I missing something?

In my experience and uses, yeah, you're missing something important. With the sight back at the receiver you don't even see it. You're only looking at the front sight and the target. Much, much easier on old eyes. Even for young eyes, when you can forget about the rear sight and only concentrate on the front sight, it's about as fast to use as a shotgun. If it's out in the "normal" spot of a rear sight, it greatly reduces your field of view while more or less falling into the "why bother" category. If you can see the blooming thing out there in some ways it's actually worse than a conventional sight in that spot.

Try both. You won't need our words to see what we're talking about.

 

[Davemuzz]

First, I agree with BrownBear. The peep sight is to simply look thru so you can focus on the target\front sight.

I have peep sights on all 6 of my lever rifles.....'cause I really like 'em. Now, I realize that it's a personal choice to use a peep. Some guys just can't seem to use 'em.

BTW & FWIW, the Lyman tang sight is adjustable for elevation and windage. Likely you won't have to change out your front sight.....but if you do, the vertical adjustment on the Lyman will likely get you spot on with a front sight that's close.

 

[kansas_volunteer]

The peep also works in a way like a lens. If you are familiar with pin hole cameras you'll get the idea. The smaller the hole in the peep the sharper the front sight will look. The Merit sights that fit the standard peep sight threads of Williams, lyman, Redfield and so on allows a very small hole or a larger ghost ring type sight. T/C peep sights can be fitted with with different apertures. A tiny hole near the eye will make the front sight really sharp.

The Skinner sight mounted forward in place of the open rear sight will not function as a lens and does nothing to help with the front sight. It really is not much more than a buck horn sight fully closed at the top.

I always tell people I've helped learn to shoot with a peep sight, many soldiers an some civilians, to think of the peep as being like a knot hole in a fence and behind that fence is a beautiful girl, of legal age of course, sun bathing in the nude, and you stop and check her out by looking through the knot hole. What are you focused on, the knot hole or the girl? Do you even notice the knot hole? The peep sight is the knot hole the front sight is the girl. Checking her out by standing out in the street and trying to see the girl through the knot hole just doesn't work well. Using a forward mounted peep is like standing in the street.

 

[Davemuzz]

Just found this old pic of my installed Lyman.

FWIW

 

[FishDFly]

Huh, is that a Skinner??

 

[azmntman]

Lyman (thats what he said, I dont have any peep experience) :idunno:

 

[Davemuzz]

Not a Skinner.......a Lyman.

 

[FishDFly]

And I thought the topic was Skinner, must not be any more.

 

[azmntman]

Geez, it made it several posts before hitting the ol rabbit trail :haha:

 

[Davemuzz]

And I just thought you couldn't read.