open or peep?
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: New Goucester Maine
Posts: 264
open or peep?
Well since I'm going to sell the scope on my winchester 30-30 i'm not sure if I should use the open sights orI should purchase peep sights. How much, if any, of an advantage is there is using a peep sight over an open. How muchdo they cost and also where canI find them.
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Western Nebraska
Posts: 3,393
RE: open or peep?
check out www.brownells.com for sights and prices
Personally I like peeps for targeting and open for hunting.....but there's plenty of folks that use peeps for hunting.
Personally I like peeps for targeting and open for hunting.....but there's plenty of folks that use peeps for hunting.
#3
RE: open or peep?
I'd go with a peep sight. Peep sights are easier to get the proper sight alignment with becausea persons brain instinctively tries tocenter the front sight post in the peep aperature. Peep sights are both fast and accurate. The militaryhas used peep sights onmost of it's rifles for the last75+ years for a good reason. Just make sure that theaperaturesizeyou choose is suitable for the conditions you intend to use itfor. The M16A2+/M4 series rifles havetwo different aperatures, a small one for daylight and long range, andthe large "0-2" sight for short range and nighttime use.A smaller peep willbe more accurateto longer ranges, but will not allow much light through and will be next to worthless at dawn/dusk. The opposite is true for a largeaperature;somewhat less accurateat all ranges, but usable in low lightconditions.
Mike
Mike
#6
RE: open or peep?
I took off the iron sights on my Marlin 444, cut and recrowned the barrel just behind the front dovetail and filled the rear dovetail with a blank. Then installed a Marbles universal ramped peep sight over the rear dovetail and a hooded ramped front sight over the muzzle.
Peep sights give much quicker target aquasition than standard notched iron sights and are every bit as accurate and even more so.
Peep sights give much quicker target aquasition than standard notched iron sights and are every bit as accurate and even more so.
#7
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SW Virginia
Posts: 776
RE: open or peep?
Go with a receiver mounted peep sight. Front sight bead should be white in color - small or large, depends on you. Don't worry, you won't "lose" sight ofthe white bead with snow in the background.
Best sights, IMO, are made by Williams.Check out the 5-D or, and my favorite, the FoolProof models. The FP is a little more expensive, but worth it. Very pricise. Get a "Twighlight" aparture for the rear/peep sight. It has a larger opening. You can always get additional apartures later, with smaller holes, if you want to use it/them for any more precise target shooting. The larger aparture just makes it easier & quicker toget things aligned quickly, and gives you a bigger "picture" (field of view, sort of).
Here's alink to Williams website:
http://www.williamsgunsight.com/
Best sights, IMO, are made by Williams.Check out the 5-D or, and my favorite, the FoolProof models. The FP is a little more expensive, but worth it. Very pricise. Get a "Twighlight" aparture for the rear/peep sight. It has a larger opening. You can always get additional apartures later, with smaller holes, if you want to use it/them for any more precise target shooting. The larger aparture just makes it easier & quicker toget things aligned quickly, and gives you a bigger "picture" (field of view, sort of).
Here's alink to Williams website:
http://www.williamsgunsight.com/
#9
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Posts: 226
RE: open or peep?
I use (and recommend) tandem aperture sights - a front AND rear aperture (or "peep"). Very easy to use, quick to acquire the target....and for me, more accurate than with a standard front blade, they are. Being able to look THROUGH the front aperture, rather than have the front sight actually block part of the view of the target, helps very much as well.
#10
RE: open or peep?
ORIGINAL: redsox3624
Well since I'm going to sell the scope on my winchester 30-30 i'm not sure if I should use the open sights orI should purchase peep sights. How much, if any, of an advantage is there is using a peep sight over an open. How muchdo they cost and also where canI find them.
Well since I'm going to sell the scope on my winchester 30-30 i'm not sure if I should use the open sights orI should purchase peep sights. How much, if any, of an advantage is there is using a peep sight over an open. How muchdo they cost and also where canI find them.
Zero it, then unscrew that insert diskthat has the small hole, and use it as a "ghost ring" for hunting. Once the Foolproof is zeroed, you can lock the adjustments and never have to fool with the sight again!!