"Ghetto" Peep Sight for Vz.58

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I really dislike the rear sight on my Vz. and have long pondered how to get a peep sight on it. No one makes one, so I sat down and sketched out a design for a mount that would allow me to mount a commercial peep sight on the Vz without need for permanently modifying the weapon and ordered the sight.

The sight's not here yet, so I spent a few minutes simplifying the concept to the elemental level, got out a hacksaw and drill and came up with this:

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It's just a strap of aluminum cut and notched to be sandwiched between the folding stock and the receiver. I left it long at first and put apertures of various sizes at various heights to try them out. I used tape to seal off all apertures but one until I found the height I like and adjusted the front up or down to match.

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It's so simple and light and robust that I might stick with the design and return the adjustable sight that's on its way to me. I will make a new version, though, with a more aesthetic shape, more positive indexing between plate and receiver, and a larger aperture tapped for removable aperture inserts, so I can switch to a smaller aperture for daylight target shooting and a larger one for waiting-for-whatever mode.
 
Satain said:
One question...
How do you remove the rear cover?
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It's not in the way of the cover. Push out the pin and push the cover forward and up.

For Mk. II of this simple design, I'll carve away more of the aluminum plate to make it even easier.

For Mk. I of the more complex design, I'll make a plate that sandwiches between stock and receiver like this one does, but use angle stock so I have a platform extending to the rear. I'll bend the angle so that the platform is parallel with the top of the receiver and drill it for mounting screws to fit a Tech Sight. I've got a Tech Site on order for a 10/22. From base to center of aperture, it is closest to the height I need. I'll cut off the front extension from that sight and drill and tap its base for mounting screws that'll come up from below through my angle-stock mounting plate. I'll work on this once I have the sight.

As for the rail section, adding one is possible, but that would necessitate either a very short sight or raising the line of sight by what I considered too much.
 
it's too big for sure i bet it completely blocks your view of anything outside the hole. i like the concept of the rear leaf sight being replaced with a small ring style peep sight. i like to still be able to see around my target. heres a wingnut of an idea what if the peep sight you've made was instead of metal made of plexiglass or something similair with some nice markings etched in for the sight. il go back to my padded room now.
 
There certainly are a million ways to improve on the design. This first one is just a proof-of-concept. There'll be more later.
 
I have the second version mounted up now. It's made from aluminum angle stock and carries an adjustable Tech Sight.

I like this one even better, so I'll finish shaping the mount tomorrow and post some pix.
 
So, here's what I'm gonna consider my final design.

I've flopped through 3-4 concepts, but this is the only on that has "it all." In my whirled, "it all' means it's tough and home-buildabled and requires no permanent modifications to the weapon itself.

I am not a manufacturer kinda person so if any of you want to make some, do it.

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It's a cut-down 10/22 Tech Sight mounted on a bracket I made from 2.5x1/8 inch aluminum angle stock. I do not have a mill or fancy equipment. I do have a vise and files an some experience with those.

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I am a troglodyte, but not totally a troglodyte. I did try to pick up the angles on the Vz receiver and carry them through. I also tried to get the folding stock to index properly by cutting a notch for its tab into my bracket. You can see that here.

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In the end, I could not get what I thought was positive indexing without welding on side plates that really indexed off of the hole for the rear top-cover pin.

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Maybe one of you can figure out a better indexing scheme. I tried, but this was the only satisfactory one I could think of.

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The Tech Sight itself is its own subject. It's military, to the core. I am not military. I figure that if you need a tool to adjust your adjustable sight, you have a poor design. If you require two tools to adjust your adjustable sight, you are probably an officer in the military. The Tech Site requires two tools to adjust it: A screwdriver, and then another pointy tool to push in the plunger so that you do not have to strip the adjuster screw trying to adjust it. With the best of respect to the designer of this and to other military folks: f**k that; this is 2012.

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To fix this "feature," I filed down both the adjustment plunger and the adjustment wheel untill they were usable, and then wormed a key ring in place of the split ring holding on the adjustment wheel. After that, I could adjust my adjustable sight, with one hand! All that work for what should've been standard. In the end, I will replace the key-ring with something more aesthetic, but not until I have it zeroed.

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So, there it is. It works. It's combat-solid. It added under 1.5 ounces to the weapon, minus the weight of the stock sights, which I did not weigh. It doesn't look so sucky. It'll look better after I paint it, along with the rest of the wepon, if it ever warms up enough around here. Use the design if you'd like to.
 
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