c903,
Straightarrow pretty much posted my reply to you regarding your last post. To put it in another perspective, think of the No-Peep in the same terms as a wrist strap. It is there if you need it but you do not have to use it. Both are initially used to help with form issues but after repeated use their actual application becomes somewhat secondary. I still have a wrist strap on the bow but sometimes forget to use it and yet my groupings do not change. The same could be said of the No-Peep. It is a " training aid" as Straightarrow put it.
In one statement, the manufacturer indicates that the device is to assist in developing proper shooting form, in another statement the manufacturer indicates that the device is sighting accessory and replaces the need for any type of rear sight.
I do not understand the controversy here. Part of developing proper shooting form is consistant anchor points and head alignment. Being a sight accessory in this particular application would seem to help develop proper shooting form.
If the accessory is a sighting device, how is it that one can take it off after acquiring a conditioned form?
You answered your own question. Since the shooter is conditioned then there is no longer a need for the No-Peep to be used...as I made mention to in my first paragraph.
If the " No-Peep" is not a sight, why do so many that intend to try it, or do use it, believe it is a rear sight?
This is somewhat difficult to answer but I will give it a shot. The purpose of any sighting device is to allow the shooter to maintain consistant head position in relation to the front pin, dot, etc...and the line of sight to the intended target. A peep sight does this. The rear sight on a rifle does this and so does the No-Peep. But instead of having that " rear sight" close to the eye itself the No-peep allows that " sighting aid" to be closer to the front sight device and in the same frame of view in relation to the intended target.
How does it assure your sighting eye is at the right height and alignment?
There is a small dot and circle that you must align that verifies that your head, etc... is in the correct position. Torquing the grip, etc... shows up relatively easily with this device though by no means am I calling it fool proof.
Like I said, I do not have any personal experience with the " No-Peep," but the one thing that negatively strikes me the most, is the (seemingly) need to take your eye off the pin and the quarry; even momentarily
But you are not really. As I stated above the No-peep is actually in the same sight frame as your sight pins, target, etc.... At some point it becomes almost peripheral in nature or subconscious if you will.
Last, how is it that so many shooters learn to shoot extremely well without using such an apparatus as the " No-Peep?"
Two words...Time and Practice. Both are things that not every shooter has.
Now, to go back to my original post. By no means am I suggesting that the No-peep is the only way to go for BM' s situation, however, it would seem like somewhat of a natural progression that would make going without a peep sight an easier transition.