Ghost ring sights, how accurate?
10-30-2024 | 10:29 AM
#21
Boone & Crockett
Joined: Jul 2014
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From: south eastern PA
There's no reason that a ghost ring sight should ever be put on a hunting rifle, period.
They're not accurate enough for ANY long range shooting, i.e. you'll be lucky to get hunting accuracy at 100yrds with them, even in a rifle accurate enough to be a 400yrd shooter...they're great for short range, quick shots, really good for shotguns that need a bit more accuracy than beads allow, but on a .35Whelen (assuming levergun) that should be a 250yrd shooter (in most people's hands, that isn't asking TOO much with a scope), there's no reason to limit your range. Stock iron sights are MUCH more accurate than any ghost ring, your peep sight would be a better combo yet, but not as many people like peep sights as should...it's harder to aquire your target, and some people can't get their eyes right for them. I use a peep on a lever action .45-70, in conjunction with a tang mounted ladder sight, it's capable of incredible accuracy, I've shot those big slugs out there to 650yrds accurately enough to hunt deer with. I have ghost rings on a .44mag levergun for cowboy action shooting-shots are fast and at targets only 30yrds+/- away, and it's just right for that, I've got the same gun with stock buckhorns on it and I get slower shots, but accuracy out to 250yrds (.44mag mind you).
At any rate, don't do something stupid and put a ghost ring on a hunting rifle. I absolutely love them for "tactical" shotguns or rifles/carbines, or on say a turkey gun or maybe a shotgun for deer with buckshot or slugs, but certainly NOT on a hunting rifle.
They're not accurate enough for ANY long range shooting, i.e. you'll be lucky to get hunting accuracy at 100yrds with them, even in a rifle accurate enough to be a 400yrd shooter...they're great for short range, quick shots, really good for shotguns that need a bit more accuracy than beads allow, but on a .35Whelen (assuming levergun) that should be a 250yrd shooter (in most people's hands, that isn't asking TOO much with a scope), there's no reason to limit your range. Stock iron sights are MUCH more accurate than any ghost ring, your peep sight would be a better combo yet, but not as many people like peep sights as should...it's harder to aquire your target, and some people can't get their eyes right for them. I use a peep on a lever action .45-70, in conjunction with a tang mounted ladder sight, it's capable of incredible accuracy, I've shot those big slugs out there to 650yrds accurately enough to hunt deer with. I have ghost rings on a .44mag levergun for cowboy action shooting-shots are fast and at targets only 30yrds+/- away, and it's just right for that, I've got the same gun with stock buckhorns on it and I get slower shots, but accuracy out to 250yrds (.44mag mind you).
At any rate, don't do something stupid and put a ghost ring on a hunting rifle. I absolutely love them for "tactical" shotguns or rifles/carbines, or on say a turkey gun or maybe a shotgun for deer with buckshot or slugs, but certainly NOT on a hunting rifle.
10-30-2024 | 11:52 AM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Apr 2017
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I am considerably more accurate with peep sights than any open sight. When I was active duty, I hit a 400 meter target from "rice paddy prone" with my M4, using the ghost ring sights, and shot expert at least half the time, which required hitting at least 36 out of 40 targets, from 25 to 300 meters. I have also used GR Sights to hit running deer. When I had a custom .35 Whelen built, I put GR sights on it.
GR sights are inherently more accurate, due to how the human brain works.
John
GR sights are inherently more accurate, due to how the human brain works.
John
But JShirley, You quoted NoMercy but did the exact thing he explained and talked about Ghost ring and Peeps as if they were the same. And I am in the same camp as he about the accuracy differences between the 2. A ghost ring has MUCH to large of an aperture for any type of precision shooting beyond 50 yards on a rifle.
Also, Bravo on digging skills. This post was from 2004!
10-30-2024 | 06:08 PM
#24
Nontypical Buck
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Again you fail to realize there are different "aperture" type sights. Peep sights and Ghost ring sights are similar as in they operate under the same principle but the Ghost ring is HUGE which is why it is for close range work and works very well for that purpose. But beyond 50 or so yards it becomes quite difficult to hold center of aperture. National match sights are aperture but they are Williams type and most have the target aperture installed which is very tiny.
11-12-2024 | 07:04 PM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Kansas
The guy joined a nearly dead forum to respond to a 20 year old post so he could brag about his use of a 200m sight (so marked, and how he was trained) to hit big targets at 300 to 400m and convolute ghost rings with apertures, and ignoring the post was about a punkin chucking levergun rather than a fast flying 5.56... I know John, this isn’t surprising.
