my v-peep is blurry do to older eyes, i guess. i can see the front bead real well.is it necessary thatpeep be clear or is it only necessary that front bead be clear .i was thinking of moving the peep towards the bead to make it clearer but i dont think its necessary. what do you all think?
That's hard to say not having an indication of your vision limitations. Perhaps you could set a tempory sight on the barrel, where you think you may like the rear peep and see if you can focus on that and the front sight at the same time. I understand the problems you face as I have some of the same .... good luck.
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I don't quite understand your setup. What is a V-peep? Do you have an aperture rear sight? Or, are you using some kind of open rear sight?
If using an aperture sight,it should be as close to the eye as possible without getting it shoved into your eye by recoil. The proper way to use it is to look through it, and do not try to focus on the aperture, just on the front sight blade. Your eye will automatically center itself at the point of strongest light, which happens to be the center of an aperture. So the rear sight takes care of itself, and all you have to watch is where the tip of the front blade is in relation to the target when the gun fires.
OTOH, these days I have to mount my open rear sights about halfway down the barrel so I can see the notch in the rear. My most recent project left me with an open sight radius of 18" on a 28" barrel. Not a whole lot!
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sproulman - I've looked at those V-peeps a long time and thought they might work real well on one of my Renegade. Do you use the red front sight, and if so, how does that show up in low light?
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My experience with night fishing and using glow sticks on the end of rods, is that red doesn't show up well at all. I have had the best luck with green.
cayugad, only use green one.you can get the fiber inserts for front. i rec that because if you break one, your out of luck.they come in pack of 3 red and 3 greens.front sight is real fine, i like that.if i move rear v-peep down barrel, it clears up.rmc says as others said, dont worry about rear v-peep being clear ,only front sight. this sight is best i have had on my hawkins with the GREEN fiber optic insert on front.rmc says they have a bigger v-peep hole if you cant see the front bead well.
elquello,my v-peep gets clear with my eyes at about 12 inchs down barrel on 28 inch barrel hawkins.my gunsmith says he can drill and place the v-peep there.problem is as you get closer to front bead it starts to fill up the v-peep.so, rmc says they have a bigger hole v-peep that they can sell us if we do it.my front sight is real clear. that fiber is best i have ever looked at on target or deer.big improvement over the original sights.i had another kind of fiber optic sight on my hawkins and front bead was too big.it would cover deer at 100 yards.
sproulman,for the best results you should look through a peep and let your eye center itself on the light coming through it. Thats why they tend to be a bit blurry, don't worry till it looks clear then you are focusing on the wrong place. Lee
ok,now that i am only interested in front bead being clear,not v-peep. just about what rmc said on phone.my front sight is real clear with GREEN fiber.boy, if i move it towards my eye closer does it get blurry.its at about 8 inchs now and at 12 inchs, it gets clear.for now, i am going to leave it alone at 8 inchs where the original sight was. i do like this sight ,what a difference it has made over the original sight on my hawkins.
elquello,my v-peep gets clear with my eyes at about 12 inchs down barrel on 28 inch barrel hawkins.my gunsmith says he can drill and place the v-peep there.problem is as you get closer to front bead it starts to fill up the v-peep.so, rmc says they have a bigger hole v-peep that they can sell us if we do it.my front sight is real clear. that fiber is best i have ever looked at on target or deer.big improvement over the original sights.i had another kind of fiber optic sight on my hawkins and front bead was too big.it would cover deer at 100 yards.
I can't imagine how that thing is supposed to work. It seems to me that the rear sight would block your view of most of the target, unless it is real close to the eye, and if it was, where is the point of strongest light where your eue would tend to center itself? Is it in the center of the round part of the open area, or somewhere above that due to the slot?
This sight looks like a modification of an aperture sight to make it legal where open sights are required, but it is a compromise that I think really leaves a lot to be desired as an aiming device. Figuring out where to put it in relation to both your eye and the front sight would indeed present a challenge!
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using a peep sight
