moridgerunner said:
usmcssgt said:
My bighorn has the williams rear peep, and front sight per Sabotloaders photo. I changed the FO bead to green. The red fades out too fast in dim light for my 60 yo eyes.
Shot my elk this year with the rear peep insert removed because it was so dim in the woods.
I have noticed that the green holds light better than red at last light on my bow sights. I like Sabotloader's peep sight setup. I may have to try the scope and the peep - and see which I like best. Thanks for all the replies!
This may be of interest to you, or someone wanting to switch between a scope and fixed sights. My rifle is factory equipped with a Williams Guide Peep sight on the rear, and a ramp with bead on the front. It's a new gun and Remington hobbled a few parts from their Custom Shop to make it work. End results, there was not enough elevation adjustment to regulate the combination. Remington wanted me to send it back to make a correction, but my friend and hunting partner is a longtime guild gunsmith with a shop second to none. Originally, the gun was to be used with fixed sights only and I had intended to make a permanent shim to raise the factory Williams guide sight to correct the issue. But instead, we dug up a new in the box vintage Lyman 57wjs receiver sight, machined from solid steel, AWESOME! Being the Lyman sight has a repeatable quick release feature that holds zero, I changed plans and decided to install this sight so that I could use quick release scope bases below the sight. This way I could push one button and pull the fixed Lyman sight, then I could pop on a scope. I just tested the fixed sight yesterday and it worked very well. I now intend to mount Leupold 2-piece Mark4 Picatinny bases (8-40) on the receiver, as they should fit perfectly with the set-up. Then I can quickly switch back and forth between scope and fixed sights while holding zero. In addition, I could also mount an an Aimpoint on the front rail if that is desired. The sight is extremely well made and opens the door for several sighting options.
Sights worked extremely well, with the exception the factory .0750” white bead is a bit course. Using large cattle in the pasture for reference, the larger bead can be used for a workable sight picture out to about 250 yards on stuff the size of bovine, but I will probably switch to a smaller 1/16” brass bead. The larger bead nearly fills a deer sized 16-inch aiming black on a 17" x 17" backer at 150-yards, but it still groups exceedingly well. Using a hunting peep, I was still able to hold sub-MOA at 150-yards posting the below 3-shot group, which measured ¾” wide by 1 ¼” tall. Was testing the group with the first shot fired on a clean barrel, which was the lowest shot of the three. Suspect that if I kept firing rounds, they would continue to pile up with the upper two shots. Running low on these Parker bullets, so I had to conserve. Regardless, I think that's pretty good for an old man using fixed hunting sights. When I get the new bases installed, I'll throw my scope back on the rifle and see how well she shoots at longer ranges.
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