Originally Posted by
westMDbowhunter
IMO if you're going no magnification and were talking under 100 yards plain old open sights give a much better sight picture.
I guess if you shoot with both eyes open that would remedy the problem but I only shoot with one eye and can't stand how much of the sight picture a peep takes away.
I've shouldered but not fired the military issue rifles at a recruiting booth for the army, it was cool though they had that whole training simulator screen with enemies flooding in and the recoil was produced by air compressors. I've fired a 308 scar with a peep.
I can see how it would help accuracy, but when it comes to target accusation I feel open sights are "faster" ,now that could be just my limited understanding or experience with them.
Actually, the peep is not only faster but also more accurate. It has to do with the way the human eye works. In order to use open sights the eye has to try and focus on 3 things: rear sight, front sight and target. The problem is, the human eye isn't physically able to do so which is why one of the 3, normally the rear sight, is blurred out. This can and will lead to problems.
With the peep sight, the eye will automatically center the front post in the middle of the ring and if it adjusted correctly in regards to elevation and windage all you have to do is put the tip of the front post where you want the bullet to go. Your eye only has to focus on 2 things, the front post and the target, which it is capable of doing. There is a reason the military uses peep sights on their battle rifles, they work better than open sights. if they didn't, the rifles being issued would have open sights and they don't.
I've hit man sized target at 300 yards with my issued M-4 with a peep sight and I know for a fact I can't do that with open sights.