Who here shoots a peep sight?

[Ringbill27]

I did on my win 94 until the adjustment screw broke during Covid and was able to find a replacement then. Swap some fiber optic iron on. The rifle hasn’t been as accurate since.

I haven’t gotten around to getting a new peep since.

 

[Wolfshead]

I keep one on my Rem 7600 and use it for hunting on really snowy or rainy days when keeping a scope clear is going to be a pain in the butt. For years, I used a Williams peep and took out the aperture to make the field of view bigger. This year, I replaced it with a Skinner peep and this thing is vastly superior! I'm glad I switched.
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I’ve tried the Skinner sight on my 94, but it was a barrel mount peep, and it was difficult for me to see with that there.
I would love a receiver sight but I will have to take my rifle to a gunsmith to have him drill and tap the receiver.
Soooo…..
I guess, at least for now, it’s the Williams for me.

 

[MS 9x56]

I have been shooting peep sights for 55 years, long before I joined the army. My dad had a Remington bolt action 22 that I used to hunt woodchucks and squirrels. I have peep sights on 3 of my center fire rifles for big game, and one muzzle loader 32 caliber I used to hunt for small game. In my experience the more distance between the peep and front sight the more accurate they are. My preference is for steel sights rather than plastic and find the fiber optic sights too bright.

 

[BrentD]

I’ve tried the Skinner sight on my 94, but it was a barrel mount peep, and it was difficult for me to see with that there.
I would love a receiver sight but I will have to take my rifle to a gunsmith to have him drill and tap the receiver.
Soooo…..
I guess, at least for now, it’s the Williams for me.

Is your 94 (Marlin or Winnie) not drilled and tapped for a proper tang sight?

 

[CowboyLeroy]

I had a few spare minutes on my lunch break today so I swung by my little range and shot twice at 100. It's not perfect but I'm a little scared to move it! These harvesters aren't my preferred bullet but with my elevation being maxed out Ill probably just switch to the 250 grain Barnes instead of the 300.

 

[Elkmagnet]

I use the lee shaver fine cross hair insert with a rear peep diameter adjusted to match the front globe it's honestly better than a 1x scope to my eyes. It allows a dead on hold without covering the animal.
I have killed a lot of animals with this setup.

Front Sights - Lee Shaver Gunsmithing

stores.leeshavergunsmithing.com

 

[Steiny77]

My AR-15's have peep sights which is pretty standard. I've pretty much always been around scoped hunting rifles so was pretty amazed how accurately we could shoot with peep sights. A buddy and I were pretty consistently ringing 12" steel plates at 200 yards with our AR's & peeps. Missed a few shots but hit a lot more than we missed.

 

[Wolfshead]

Is your 94 (Marlin or Winnie) not drilled and tapped for a proper tang sight?

1980 Winchester.

 

[cgasner1]

I had a few spare minutes on my lunch break today so I swung by my little range and shot twice at 100. It's not perfect but I'm a little scared to move it! These harvesters aren't my preferred bullet but with my elevation being maxed out Ill probably just switch to the 250 grain Barnes instead of the 300.
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What does your front globe look like? Back before Williams was making as much stuff for this as they are now I had my smith lower my front globe to fix the issue you are having

 

[Laelkhunter]

I had a few spare minutes on my lunch break today so I swung by my little range and shot twice at 100. It's not perfect but I'm a little scared to move it! These harvesters aren't my preferred bullet but with my elevation being maxed out Ill probably just switch to the 250 grain Barnes instead of the 300.
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I wouldn't move it. Sometimes, the time of day (position of the sun) might have an effect on the sighting. When I was much younger, an old timer stated "your group follows the sun" (referring to iron /peep sights). Didn't make much sense, but apparently depending on the position of the sun, you might shoot a little to the left or right. AM shooting iron sights might impact target different than PM shooting. It would be a small amount, and I wouldn't do any sight adjustment on your rifle.

 

[BrentD]

I wouldn't move it. Sometimes, the time of day (position of the sun) might have an effect on the sighting. When I was much younger, an old timer stated "your group follows the sun" (referring to iron /peep sights). Didn't make much sense, but apparently depending on the position of the sun, you might shoot a little to the left or right. AM shooting iron sights might impact target different than PM shooting. It would be a small amount, and I wouldn't do any sight adjustment on your rifle.

Looks to me like he needs two minutes left. I would fix it, but I would never bet on just two shots to tell me much of anything.

 

[Laelkhunter]

Yea, I probably couldn't even be able to see the black circle at 100 yards with my old eyes. That's why I said "I" wouldn't make any adjustments. Scopes are my requirement now. He should shoot it more, and go from there. Decent group considering iron sights, again my old eyes would be straining.

 

[Elkmagnet]

I had a few spare minutes on my lunch break today so I swung by my little range and shot twice at 100. It's not perfect but I'm a little scared to move it! These harvesters aren't my preferred bullet but with my elevation being maxed out Ill probably just switch to the 250 grain Barnes instead of the 300.
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I have one that was maxed out so I added a small metal shim under the rear ramp. It's probably 1/32" or so thick.

 

[BrentD]

1980 Winchester.

Well, I do not know a lot about modern Winchesters, but I would be surprised if you did not have two screws filling holes for the tang sight or at least one screw with the tang bolt to the trigger bar being the second hold down for the sight base. In other words, I expect that you do not have to bore any holes, but I could be wrong on these new guns.

 

[Rudyard]

Well its off topic a bit I wrote a response to send pics of Me & a soaked wet through he goat a poster wanted to see .plus some hunting with wheellock pics , hanged if I could find the letter I sent that goes with these pics I struggle with E gajets , Oh & a dog in camp pic & me & my mate Greg in the NZ Forest service 1968 plus some Auckland hunters who choppered in the Te whkapati hut in the Ureaweras four hunters who might now follow these posts much as the poster who sent in a pic of me with my Weellock at Te Totara Hut also in the Ureaweras 1979 (He says 1980 but I record every hunt ) that got me onto this forum in the first place . I know little about modern state of the art guns (I actually find them repulsive but perhaps I shouldn't say that !)& in NZ 20 yards & be quick is more likely . My idea of a long range shot is 50 yards . My idea of a great gun has nice walnut stock good engraving & a twist or a Damascus barrel. black powder of course( the nitro is too noisy & doesn't smell right like proper gun powder ).Sights ? well the simpler the better , a single rear & a stag tooth fore sight so you can pick it up in poor light . & my pet 50 cal flint rifle wights just 5 pounds ( never adopted metric rubbish ) Just might be Ime slightly behind the times & trends but it is my view. Plastic stainless, cammo Flage, big scopes .! Ye gods are we hunters or assassins?. Pic one 'Grisley Adams '! up Te Totara.pic 2 me at King.s old hut in the Wangapeka after ten day walk from Takaka 3 is me & He goat utterly saturated in Arthur Creek had walked from Brown Hut or Shakespear flat on the Aureei river. 4 Banjo Beagle Esq my good a faithfull borrowed hound , cum blanket i n typical' Bower' camp .
5 Me & My oppo Greg Smith at Junction hut in the Whakatani river culling for Forest Service next my 451 l that I faced Brer Mouse with a load fit only for Spruce grouse & Francolin shown , Last four lads who choppered into Te whykapati hut one got a Donk they choppered out
Rudyard's view pics.

 

[jimh406]

The Brownell's guys a pretty good a tech support. I'd ask them.

I have to wear glasses to use a peep, so I rarely use one.

 

[BrentD]

The Brownell's guys a pretty good a tech support. I'd ask them.

I have to wear glasses to use a peep, so I rarely use one.

That is a little different. Most folks use a peep so they do not have to wear glasses.

 

[ismith]

Open sights still work pretty well, peep sights are awesome.

 

[Caseknife]

I've got two Win Mod 54's with peeps, one I have killed a number of elk with and my Dad's 1937 Mod 70 with peeps. We always sighted in with the insert and hunted with no insert, could see easier in dark timber. I have found as I get older and my eyes are crapping out on me, that the target makes a big difference in how accurately I can shoot. I have never really used the 6 o'clock hold but rather dead center, because that is how I am going to shoot a bull. If you are using a bead or post for the front sight, try a target with 4 black squares about 3" square. Center the bead in the the 4 squares, or some other type of target that allows you to easily segment the target.

I now have a red dot on my muzzleloader but previously had peeps on it and a globe front sight and experimented with the different inserts to find out what worked best with my failing eyes. Had to get a different height front sight base which were actually made for a shotgun to get the elevation to match.

 

[BrentD]

A lot of you older guys have commented on eye issues. I can relate. 2 years ago, right about this time, I had an eye exam. My eyes were "not too bad" not much change, and certainly, I was managing the vision tests (with prescription glasses) well enough. Not much change from last year should be good enough, although shooting iron sights (front and rear apertures) at turkeys and rams (385 & 500 meters, respectively) and paper bulls at 1000 yds was getting to be difficult in the previous few shooting seasons.

And then 2 months later, I picked up one of my rifles and sighted across the basement at a white wall. There was a clump of fuzz in the middle of the aperture. Obviously, some gun case lint. So I blew through it and looked again. Still there. Pretty odd. Pipe cleaners would not dislodge either and that was making me start to panic. I grabbed another rifle and the same thing - and the clump had exactly the same shape. I tried to shoot as I was in the summer of '23, and managed to shoot the lowest 1-day score ever made by a master class shooter at Nationals. It was so bad that withdrew from rest of the match. I could not see the targets or I would see this strange diffraction/double image thing, and not know where to aim.

I went back to the doc and we had long chat, this time I made it clear, my shooting career is over unless I get this fixed. The long and short is that because shooting is a major life activity for me and has been for years, what would not normally qualify as serious enough for insurance-covered cataract surgery, would, in fact, quality for me. I got my right eye lens replaced. The simple standard, no extra charge lens was the best for my purposes, and off I went to shoot in 2024. That same event I withdrew from last year, I won hands down with a national record score in '24. Last to first. Eyeballs matter.

My point in all of this is, if your eyes are not cutting it for you, talk to the doc. Emphasize that your vision requirements extend considerably beyond the normal need to see the television and drive a car or read a newspaper (like anyone does that anymore). If you say the right things and make it clear that your lifestyle demands more, then more can and will be done sooner, rather than later. Don't miss out on a few good, maybe excellent years, because your hairy-eyeball is too hairy.