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Is there a clear peep sight on the market?

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Old 12-12-2003 | 06:07 PM
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Default Is there a clear peep sight on the market?

I was just setting here thinking about peeps and low light conditions and was wondering why I have not seen a peep sight the is made totally out of clear material. It seems to me you could but a ring of fiber optic into the peep to use to center up the pins. Is there one already out there?
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Old 12-14-2003 | 01:08 AM
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There was one called something like the Redhawk, last year or so. The frame was black, but the peep area was large, and consisted of a plasic plate with an aperature suround engraved on it, and then a hole through that. Low light performance was part of the idea.

I'm not convinced that light flooding, in but not through a hole is a good idea. I would prefer the largest possible hole for low light, or the whole nopeep thing.

The idea classicaly behind a peep is that the eye autocenters, by seeking the center as the point through which the greatest amount of light streams. This is apparently a natural behaviour. On that basis a peep that lets light in everywhere is a step backwords. On the other hand there are those who sight with a peep through concious centering, like aligning a post in a leaf site, and it should work fine for that.
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Old 12-14-2003 | 02:57 PM
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Default RE: Is there a clear peep sight on the market?

Problem with Fiber is ...being closer to your eye it would haze, distort or completely blot out the fiber sight pin I would think.

I've been looking around since Rack mentioned the difference in defractio. of light from indoor to out in another thread.

I read a very in depth article on how a crosshair-type peep negates defraction and is excellent in low light. I had one on a bow I gave to my brother but never really used it in low light so...it was lost on me.

I did track it down again though and will be putting it on and giving it a go. Not exactly what your looking for but might be worth checking out anyway
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