Go the Williams site and buy a larger aperture for your peep site. I have all six sizes, the smallest is great for MOA sighting in. The largest is great in low light with fiber optic front sight.
Peep sights for hunting
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Go the Williams site and buy a larger aperture for your peep site. I have all six sizes, the smallest is great for MOA sighting in. The largest is great in low light with fiber optic front sight.
I still shoot peep/receiver sights a lot and love doing so. With my Ross Mklll sporterized military rifle, I often get great groups at the range. I made a choice a few years ago to put scopes on my hunting rifles. My eye sight is no longer what it was when I was 30 years younger. I find that if light is poor, as it often is during hunting season here in the pacific north 'wet', I just do not have the visual acuity to distinguish my target at distance. I owe it to the game I hunt to make the best shot I can and I know that a scope allows me to do this under almost all circumstances.
That being said, for really close range requiring quick sight acquisition where pinpoint accuracy is not the primary concern, an express sight is great and so is the battle sight on a Lee Enfield.
I would encourage anyone to learn to shoot peep sights but also to realize the limitations of this type of sight and your own vision limitations.
That being said, for really close range requiring quick sight acquisition where pinpoint accuracy is not the primary concern, an express sight is great and so is the battle sight on a Lee Enfield.
I would encourage anyone to learn to shoot peep sights but also to realize the limitations of this type of sight and your own vision limitations.
All my lever guns run peep sights, as well as my Garand and No. 4 Mk. 1. Love these sights, very fast and accurate, great for hunting. Pretty much ditched scoped rifles as long shots are becoming a rarity in my stomping grounds now.
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I cut my teeth on a Williams peep sight atop a Lee Enfield .303, took my first two muley bucks with it. IMHO, peep will always prove more accurate than a traditional buckhorn style. Notably, your eye automatically centers the front sight to the peep without having to think about it. For poor light, as mentioned above, remove the aperture ring and carry on. Nothing wrong with Williams, provide for pretty fine adjustments.
I once sold a Marlin 1895 in 45.70 to a fellow, who then asked about better sights. I recommended the Williams peep (which we didn't carry). He came back a couple weeks later just to thank me, said it turned his rifle into a real shooter.
I once sold a Marlin 1895 in 45.70 to a fellow, who then asked about better sights. I recommended the Williams peep (which we didn't carry). He came back a couple weeks later just to thank me, said it turned his rifle into a real shooter.
The Williams peep on the rear of a Model 94 and a fiber optic as a front site have shrunk my groups in half. The OEM buckhorn were correct for the rifle but not as easy to shoot as accurately as the gun was capable of. It was a chance I took and never looked back. The Lever Evolution ammo is part of the mix as well.
