Homemade SKS Peep sight

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Hey all,

I've managed to simmer down on the idea of going bonkers with aftermarket SKS accessories like rails/scope/mags etc and have decided to get proficient with iron sights first. I've seen some nice aftermarket options but I'm trying to heed the common advice here of not breaking the bank on a cheap milsurp rifle. That being said, I've also seen some DIY peep sights on cgn et al that have me intrigued. I can weld and have a bit of experience brazing and soldering as well. To you guys out there with homemade peep sights, show me your set up! What did you use? Is it worth it?

Thanks to all who may reply, cheers.
 
Not a homemade option but have you ever looked into "tech sights"? They have a peep sight that clamps on the back of the receiver(with set screws, I believe)
 
Peep sights are normally "target" sights. I also find it harder to see the peep hole, acquire targets and align the sights. Just me I guess.

Having said that, the stock SKS notch sight works well enough to give me 4 inch groups at 100meters and easy torso hits at 200meters. You have a wide open field of view allowing easy target acquisition as well.

Perhaps Garands and M1903 Springfields can benefit from peeps, but the SKS's "combat" accuracy probably won't benefit from them, and doesn't really deserve them. Jmho, ymmv
 
Tech sights seem awesome but looks and price wise not so much. Magwedge's Raven Eye looks good. I've literally seen pics of guys that have brazed on a "target" sight. My understanding is that it's one less thing to have to aquire by eye compared to the v-notch style sights on the sks. Thanks for the information though, I'll do some more digging.
 
I have hical' rear peep that replaces the leaf sight. It's great, and best of all IMHO is it doesn't affect the takedown of the rifle.
There is a picture of it in the "Shim Sks Stock" thread.
 
Magwedge's Raven Eye is a huge step up from the Hical peep because you can still adjust the elevation quickly if needed.

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easyrider604 said:
Peep sights are normally "target" sights. I also find it harder to see the peep hole, acquire targets and align the sights. Just me I guess.

Having said that, the stock SKS notch sight works well enough to give me 4 inch groups at 100meters and easy torso hits at 200meters. You have a wide open field of view allowing easy target acquisition as well.

Perhaps Garands and M1903 Springfields can benefit from peeps, but the SKS's "combat" accuracy probably won't benefit from them, and doesn't really deserve them. Jmho, ymmv
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Peep sights are far from being exclusive to target shooting. You find them on target rifles because of how accurate you can be with them, and with the appropriate sized aperture and practice they can be used very effectively in any discipline. From what I gather it sounds as if you might not be using them correctly. When looking 'through' the peep and not at it, I find the field of view is even less blocked and the front sight also appears much sharper. When it comes time to shoot, much easier to focus on that front sight. Every rifle deserves a good set of sights, which the stock sks sights are most defiantly not.
 
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https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/for...ba-peep-sight-for-SKS?highlight=enfield+sight

If you get a "See under" top cover scope mount, you can epoxy a nut in the "see under" channel to be a peep sight. And tap the takedown lever channel like Ganderite in the above link, scroll to the bottom of the thread (1/4-20x 1 3/4", button head, heat treated bolt).
You can convert the rectangular hole below to a circle:
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You can keep the existing rear sight and use a peep further back as an aperture to make the back sight look less blurry, instead of an aperture on your shooting glasses.
 
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j_06 said:
Peep sights are far from being exclusive to target shooting. You find them on target rifles because of how accurate you can be with them, and with the appropriate sized aperture and practice they can be used very effectively in any discipline. From what I gather it sounds as if you might not be using them correctly. When looking 'through' the peep and not at it, I find the field of view is even less blocked and the front sight also appears much sharper. When it comes time to shoot, much easier to focus on that front sight. Every rifle deserves a good set of sights, which the stock sks sights are most defiantly not.
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Tried the new Magwedge Raveneye sight and its excellent for close range shooting as well as far.
 
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Trying to get some better pics up, but its not easy to photograph ... here the sight has been elevated slightly.


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A top view showing the engraving of the numbers on the sight. I wanted this to look as compatible as possible with the rifle.
 
Peep sights are deadly, there was one on my old Lee Enfield 303 and that thing was smack on, then I sold it to my brother, I'm bending over if anyone wants to put a boot up my arss. Believe me Ive been kicking myself ever since. :(
But yea peep sights, the best.
I'M AN IDIOT….
 
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ShootSavage said:
People sights are deadly, there was one on my old Lee Enfield 303 and that thing was smack on, then I sold it to my brother, I'm bending over if anyone wants to put a boot up my arss. Believe me Ive been kicking myself ever since. :(
But yea peep sights, the best.
I'M AN IDIOT….
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LOL, we all make mistakes :)

Peep sights can indeed be highly accurate, but a person must also practice, practice, practice. An old RSM I knew had done a lot of shooting with the FNC1 over the course of his career, and at his best he could get nickel sized groups at 100m thru the peep ("rear aperature" dang it! :)) sights. And that with old, nearly shot-out barrels... I was suitably impressed...
 


How about this DIY

This peep started off life as a NcSTAR SKS Tri-Rail and after removing everything screwed to the receiver cover, I cut off the front u shaped bracket and cut off the top of the rear bracket leaving just the ears which I rounded off at the top.
I then drilled and tapped the ears to install adjustment screws on both sides of the sight. The actual peep was a small nut that fit loosely in between the ears and drilled out the threads and rounded the top of the nut to smooth things out.
Drilled a small hole on each side of the nut to accept the ends of the adjustment screws and then cold blued the assembly.

Alignment was easy. Simply leaving the rear sight in place during the procedure, I was able to ensure that the rear peep would be in line with the sighting plane of the original sights.

At the range, all I needed was a small adjustment to raise the front sight pin and I was on at 100 yds. Averaged 2 inch groups at that range.
 
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Intrepid said:
LOL, we all make mistakes :)

Peep sights can indeed be highly accurate, but a person must also practice, practice, practice. An old RSM I knew had done a lot of shooting with the FNC1 over the course of his career, and at his best he could get nickel sized groups at 100m thru the peep ("rear aperature" dang it! :)) sights. And that with old, nearly shot-out barrels... I was suitably impressed...
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Oops more than one here by the looks of it, PEEP SIGHTS, not people sights, that sounds worse then it should have!!! darn auto correct, more trouble then it's worth.
Redfaced.
Yea I really found the one on my old 303 I used to have, sigh,,,, very accurate.
I can believe that about the guy shooting nickel sized groups, I could hit a pop can a 100 - 150 over and over with mine. (Well used to be mine, sniff)
 
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Most of the modifications I do are intended to be simple enough for anyone to copy and I also like to improve the lines of the gun as well as the balance. The peep was intended to look like it belonged instead of a add on.

 
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