Peep sights

I like ghost ring peeps for certain hunting rifles. I have a pop up rear bridge peep on my .404 Jeffery, a skinner on my Marlin 39a Mountie 22lr, and a Lyman 1a Mauser cocking piece sight that’s going on a Brno model 21 7x57.
 
I have a Model 82 with peep, single shot training rifle. Still take it out a few times a year, just because. Now I need to find a peep I like for the old Savage 99's. - dan

I've 2 Mossberg's trainers, a tube unit with full wood and a bubba'd clip fed with a peep. Ross trainer and M10 have peeps ( M10 has an excellent peep ).
Got an 82...no peep though.
Israel trainer is in the mail...no peep.
Goals going forward is get more peeps for the Trainers
 
Made from half of a Lee Enfield "L" sight.

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I have had a few peep sights, all of my 45 70 levers had peeps, at the moment I have a Ruger Gunsite scout with the XS rail with sight, I have a Husqvarna 1900 with a Williams WGRNS FN sight that unfortunately is discontinued now, and a Weatherby Vanguard in 416 Ruger with a repurposed Gunsite scout sight.

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That's interesting. I assume there must be a reason for mounting the rear sight in reverse?

I have had a few peep sights, all of my 45 70 levers had peeps, at the moment I have a Ruger Gunsite scout with the XS rail with sight, I have a Husqvarna 1900 with a Williams WGRNS FN sight that unfortunately is discontinued now, and a Weatherby Vanguard in 416 Ruger with a repurposed Gunsite scout sight.

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I really enjoy shooting with receiver sights and as I age they have become even more valuable to me. I prefer older Lymans and Redfields but the Williams have also worked perfectly for hunting. For some rifles where a receiver peep isn’t a viable option, I plan to try the Marbles Bullseye rear sight (‘73 ans ‘76 rifles) and I have started to transition my front sights to fiber ones. I have never developed a fondness for tang mounted peeps. I have nothing against scopes and use them lots but I really enjoy carrying and shooting older lever actions with peeps. I recently located a Central No 4 target sight and proper base for the No 4 Enfield. They are awesome sights but the correct bases are super challenging to find for the No 4 Enfield. Looking forward to reaching out this summer with the .303 using that target peep. Shoot what you enjoy and enjoy what you shoot.
 
Alright peep sight experts, I have a peep sight question and, without wishing to highjack this thread, this seems like the crowd that might be able to answer my question. I have a have a couple BSA Hunter/Imperial featherweights (the CRF/BESA muzzle brake model) which seems to be a model pretty well known to the CGN community. I would like to outfit one with a peep sight and I know I could make a CZ550 aftermarket peep sight work on the dovetail with a little grinder/file work (on the sight not the receiver) but I prefer the factory look. The rear left side of the receiver is drilled and taped presumably for a peep sight a' la Husqvarna 1600 design. Who can tell me what make and model of peep sight is suppose to attach here?

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^ I can not help on that particular model of rifle, but be forewarned that several rifles that I have and have seen have had cutout or whittling done on stock to accommodate those side mounted aperture sights - not all of them clear the wood - either the base or sometimes just for the sliding tongue to the sight.
 
Alright peep sight experts, I have a peep sight question and, without wishing to highjack this thread, this seems like the crowd that might be able to answer my question. I have a have a couple BSA Hunter/Imperial featherweights (the CRF/BESA muzzle brake model) which seems to be a model pretty well known to the CGN community. I would like to outfit one with a peep sight and I know I could make a CZ550 aftermarket peep sight work on the dovetail with a little grinder/file work (on the sight not the receiver) but I prefer the factory look. The rear left side of the receiver is drilled and taped presumably for a peep sight a' la Husqvarna 1600 design. Who can tell me what make and model of peep sight is suppose to attach here?

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Sorry I can't help you with regard to the sight you need but I welcome any and all peep sight related questions and posts so please, hijack all you want 🙂
And nice rifle!
 
I appreciate replies and the space to ask the question.

Potashminer, I did have the thought about needing to inlet the stock. If that needed to be done, I would just do the grinder work on the recoil lug of a NECG CZ peep site, but I was hoping there might be a BSA or Parker Hale peep that would go on without too much trouble. My suspicion is that a Redfield or Lyman for a Model 70 would screw on but would probably need stock inletting for the slide.

Lightweight rifles from yesteryear really do it for me and I like these BSA rifles probably more than I like Brno M21/22, but I have had a number of Brnos and they all shot well, the gun in the picture shoots extremely well but my other BSA is useable but not impressing anyone. Unfortunately, I actually like the balance and carrying the poor shooter more (short action). Where I live in the sticks its easy to limit shot distance to match the accuracy (or lack of) but if I am going that route, I may as well ditch the scope and rings for a peep and I will be running a sub 6 lbs gun and the balance should shift forward a bit (by losing the pound of optics) which would be my preference. I suspect the solution is to march around a gun show or two with a set of calibers and piece paper with the BSA's measurements hunting peepsights.
 
Alright peep sight experts, I have a peep sight question and, without wishing to highjack this thread, this seems like the crowd that might be able to answer my question. I have a have a couple BSA Hunter/Imperial featherweights (the CRF/BESA muzzle brake model) which seems to be a model pretty well known to the CGN community. I would like to outfit one with a peep sight and I know I could make a CZ550 aftermarket peep sight work on the dovetail with a little grinder/file work (on the sight not the receiver) but I prefer the factory look. The rear left side of the receiver is drilled and taped presumably for a peep sight a' la Husqvarna 1600 design. Who can tell me what make and model of peep sight is suppose to attach here?

A Lyman 57 WJS or a Redfield 70W.
 
Here is a Husqvarna 1900 9.3x62 with a Williams WGRNS FN that I don't think you can get anymore.

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Alright peep sight experts, I have a peep sight question and, without wishing to highjack this thread, this seems like the crowd that might be able to answer my question. I have a have a couple BSA Hunter/Imperial featherweights (the CRF/BESA muzzle brake model) which seems to be a model pretty well known to the CGN community. I would like to outfit one with a peep sight and I know I could make a CZ550 aftermarket peep sight work on the dovetail with a little grinder/file work (on the sight not the receiver) but I prefer the factory look. The rear left side of the receiver is drilled and taped presumably for a peep sight a' la Husqvarna 1600 design. Who can tell me what make and model of peep sight is suppose to attach here?

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I have a model 70 sight in mine, fit perfect
 
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