CVA WOLF w/peep sight

[NewShooter]

I have a CVA Wolf that I bought a few years ago. Its a cheap gun but its very accurate. My only complaint is the rear sight. If you over tighten the screws it will crack. Its made of plastic and mine has a hairline crack in it. The factory fiber optic sights are still usable as is but I am thinking of replacing the rear with a peep sight for the longer sight radius.
My question is, if I replace the rear with a Williams rear peep sight will I have to replace the front with a taller sight? I would like to sight it in at 100 yards.
This is the sight I am looking at.
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productnumber=715669

 

[arcticap]

I think that the chances are at least 50/50 (if not 51/49) that you might need to replace the front sight because the product page states:

*May require drilling and tapping on top of receiver if your gun did not come drilled and tapped from the factory.

*Requires higher front sight

Then if you learn that it doesn't require a higher front sight you can consider yourself fortunate.

 

[Shultzhaus]

Williams offers front sights of various heights. Depends on which peep sight you are going to buy. There are ones with adjustable windage. and those with fixed bases. The fixed base ones need to be shimmed to get basic windage, and then use the small sideways movement of the peep disk for fine tune. I have an adjustable one on my Traditions Frontier, and had to inlet the base into the stock behind the tang to accomodate the front globe sight. Problem is, your Wolf has a composite stock, so you may have to go with the fixed base peep setup in order to be low enough for the front sight.

 

[NewShooter]

OK, Thanks.

 

[frontiergander]

New metal sights from Durasight are only $26

 

[BHP FAN]

I hate plastic sights, and will NOT buy anything with a fiber optic sight for this very reason. plus, they are butt-ugly.CVA has succeeded in taken a sweet little carbine, and making it look cheesy by adding those abominations.