ORIGINAL: sproulman
my rear sight on my t/c hawkins is about 6 and 1/2 inchs from breech.i have v-peep from rmc.it is blurry.rmc said this is normal and as long as front sight is clear, no problem. i would still like clear rear sight. after moving it out to 10-12 inchs towards the front sight, it gets clear. did any of you ever move your rear sightand was there a problem. my gunsmith says this is what you should do as our eyes get worst with age.i think i will do it but thought i would ask before having it done.
I certainly agree that use of an aperture rear sight that is pretty close to the eye (but not TOO close!!) will solve this problem, IF it is legal where you hunt. Some jurisdictions require OPEN sights.
Moving the rear sight further away from your eye will make it easier to see both front & rear clearly, and this is where I place mine when building a rifle. However, there is the distinct disadvantage of shortening the sight radius when you do this, which causes the effect of any misalignment of the sights to be magnified compared to the same amount of misalignment with a greater distance between the sights. However, I personally prefer to see both sights clearly, so am willing to accept the effects of theshorter sight radius.