TC Hunter Style Peep Sight

[Mac Attack]

I just installed one on my TC Hawken. Anyone else use this sight or another aperture style rear sight?

 

[29caliber]

If it's the tang-type peep sight you have, then I've got one on my .50 percussion T/C Hawken. It does a great job as four does this season will attest. It's fast, accurate, and easy to use for those of us with older eyes. The two disadvantage I've found so far is in using other drop-in barrels which have to have their rear sight removed or it blocks the view of the front sight through the peep. Also equally important is the fact that the drop-in barrel will probably not shoot to the same point as the previous barrel, meaning that the adjustments on the peep sight will need to be moved in order to get it to shoot to the point of aim. Going from one barrel to another and having to re-sight is not practical nor have I found a definite way to mark the peep sight so that I know that it has been reset correctly. If you plan to use this sighting system with only one barrel, then I'd highly recommend it. Tom

 

[ldykeman]

I'll second what 29caliber has said. That's the reason I bought my second Renegade. On my first Renegade, I had the original 1 in 48" twist barrel, then bought a T/C 1 in 66" twist barrel (both are .50s). The T/C tang sights are not the quickest things to readjust and it was annoying to switch the two different length barrels and have to resight them in.....SO...bought another Renegade. I keep one with the original barrel and the other with the 1 in 66" twist barrel. Both have T/C Hunter Tang peep sights. The one big disadvantage of these peeps is when hunting in low light conditions. I did two things to fix this, which made them much better than the original open sights for me. First, I unscrewed the aperture from peep. Then I found the largest drill bit that fit inside the screw in portion of the aperture, and drilled it out to that max size hole (drilled starting from inside the front "tube" to keep it centered) . I find that using the large hole apertue is much better than just removing the aperture (aka ghost ring). There is a big enough hole in the aperture to let lots of light in, plus a much more distinct ring for your eye to center itself in. The last thing I did is not at all PC, but it sure helps when hunting in low light. I installed a T/C fiber optic front sight. I can distinctly see that little red dot long after being able to see with the steel front sight.
Larry

 

[Idaho Ron]

I have three Lyman 57 SML peeps on three rifles. They work great for me. Ron

 

[Bob. B.]

My eyes are getting old. I,m thinking about a peep sight for my .50 cal renegade. What kind did you get, and where did you get it from. I,ve seen that Cabellas has a peep for T/C rifles listed in their catalog. Is anyone familiar with this sight?

 

[twotoescharlie]

Midsouth shooters supply

 

[Geraldo]

My eyes are getting old. I,m thinking about a peep sight for my .50 cal renegade. What kind did you get, and where did you get it from. I,ve seen that Cabellas has a peep for T/C rifles listed in their catalog. Is anyone familiar with this sight?

That's the TC Hunter peep. I just bought one from them because my sister gave me a gift card for Christmas. The same sight came on a rifle I traded for so I had already been using one. The down side versus other peep sights is that the adjustment is rough, no clicks, just move it and see if you're closer.

 

[ldykeman]

As twotoescharlie said, Midsouth Shooters Supply, which has them for $45.22. Cabelas has the same sight for $54.99. They sure have raised their prices a lot across the board.
Larry

 

[Idaho Ron]

The Lyman 57 SML is harder to install correctly, but it has 1/4" click adjustments at 100 yards. These clicks are repeatable every time. Some guys don't like them, but I love them. Ron

 

[Bob. B.]

Thanks for the info. A couple of questions though. Do you have to change the front sight? And does the rear sight have to be removed? My renegade will shoot a 3" group at 75 yards. I know the rifle is capable of better accuracy, its just a matter of tweaking the shooter. Thanks again.

 

[Mr Hawken]

when i bought my renegade it had this sight installed.i loved the sight and found it more accurate than the original sight but found whenever i cleaned my rifle the sights changed.this had me baffled for awhile until i found that because the sight was on the stock and i remove the barrel to clean my rifle my gun always had to be sighted in again.anyone found this?

 

[BrownBear]

You will have to remove the rear sight at least, just to get it out of the line of sight. You can contiue using the same front sight if you want. I've had to change (or at least shorten) the front sight when the peep sight ended up too high once it was sighted in.

Much as I love the Lyman 57 for precision, it's right in the way if you shoot a lefty lock. You can still cock it and all, but the whole time you are kinda reaching around and over that big bulky sight.

The T/C is much smaller and sits right over the tang, so its bulk and location aren't a problem for lefties. I haven't found one cheap enough for experiments, but when I do I plan to try mounting it on a Lyman GPR. Might be a drill and tap involved, and almost certainly a shim for alignment. But do-able I think, and worthwhile for getting a peep out of the way for lefties.

 

[paulvallandigham]

Mount the Lyman 57 sight on the right side of a LH rifle, and simply turn the cross bar around, or screw in the aperature from the other side.

 

[E Poffinbarger]

Mac & others:

For what its worth, I added an older style T/C flip-up tang peep on both of my .54's. I also changed out the front blade sight to an open top hooded style on both rifles.

Since peep sights are totally useless in dim light or dark background conditions I left the rear sights intact, as an instant alternative.

Not only do they help with fading eyesight they also lengthen the sight plane resulting in more accurate shooting results.

Osage

 

[BrownBear]

Won't work. The slope of the mount is in the wrong direction, pushing the sight so far down that it's useless.

 

[paulvallandigham]

You are correct: I was thinking of a peep sight that mounts on the side of the barrel, not the tang.

 

[Protrucker]

The one big disadvantage of these peeps is when hunting in low light conditions. I found the largest drill bit that fit inside the screw in portion of the aperture, and drilled it out to that max size hole (drilled starting from inside the front "tube" to keep it centered). The last thing I did is not at all PC, but it sure helps when hunting in low light. I installed a T/C fiber optic front sight. I can distinctly see that little red dot long after being able to see with the steel front sight.

I put the T/C peep on my Renegade & the same as Larry I added the T/C fiber optic front sight. I didn't drill out my peep though. The only thing that I didn't like with the setup was that the fiber optic sight was so tall that I had to adjust the peep way up toward the top of it's adjustment range. It seems like it will be a real brush catcher, the way it's sticking up so far. I have had good results with the set up though.....take a look.

 

[paulvallandigham]

Unless its sticking above your Hammer spur, I can't see how any sight is going to be a problem as a " Brush catcher ". Just what kind of brush are you pushing that gun through? Certainly it would have to be something your body can't go through in order to catch on a peep sight! :hmm:

 

[ldykeman]

On the Renegade, you don't have to replace the front sight. I used my original sight (bead, not post) for a few years before replacing it with the fiber optic one. Also, the original bead sight and the T/C fiber optic sight are the same height. As far as the rear sight, I don't know that answer. I took it off before even mounting the peep.
Larry

 

[ldykeman]

I also found that when removing and reinstalling the barrel that I had to resight the rifle...That is...until I realized there was some play in the barrel to stock fit at the forend. It was snug at the rear but not in the front. I fixed this by using Acraglas to bed the forend:

Larry