Remington Receiver Peep Sight for 600, XP100, or model 7 ?

The Williams Gunsight Company, Inc. (WWW.WILLIAMSGUNSIGHT.COM) makes one of their fine Williams "FoolProof" receiver sights for the Remington Models 600, 660 bolt-action rifles and the Model XP-100. I have used this sight on several different rifles for deer hunting in heavy cover over the past half century and have nothing but high praise for it and other Williams products in terms of workmanship, materials, finish, value and customer service.

One of Jeff Cooper's early Scout rifle prototypes was a 600 with a peep on the rear bridge, but I don't know the specific model:

I think I have an original set of XP100 sights laying around. If you are interested, send me a PM and I will look.

Try the Williams Guide Reciever sight WGRS-700. (MidwayUSA #594607)
You may have to drill an additional hole in the sight as screw spacing on the M7 is narrower than a M700. But, a single screw and curvature of Reciever might be sufficient. Will likely also need a taller front sight blade.

NECG (New England Custom Guns) makes a reciever sight that doubles as a rear sight base.

I tried a scout scope setup once. Backlight reflections off rear objective made it near useless. Never desired to own one. Give me a 1.5-5x Leupold and call it good!

Interesting that OP mentioned not wanting a side-mounted reciever sight after saying the D&T's for rear scope mount are spaced different than on a 700. The first question I thought of was whether the left side of the bridge was D&T for a Lyman #57WJS or maybe a Redfield 102W... assuming the contours match as I haven't noticed them being listed as fitting a 600.

The pic in post #3... the rear sight looks like a Williams FP.

I know the OP said he preferred no side mounted sights but I am going to suggest he reconsider. I do not find the FP600 sight overweight or awkward in the least on my 600 Scout. Something like the Skinner sight could be mounted on the rear receiver but getting it high enough to use over the forward scope bases might be a challenge. NECG makes a QD rear sight that mounts on Weaver cross slot bases but it would necessitate leaving the rear scope base attached and it is steel and bulky so I see no advantage to it over the William's FP. The Williams FP 600 is still made and is inexpensive, sturdy, and light weight. If you want the ability to run receiver sight, and rear mounted scope, (not scout style), then I recommend the Warne two piece bases. The rear base comes with two holes designed for 600 rear receiver ring. D&Ting the 600 rear receiver for the 2nd hole is a thirty minute job if you have a drill press. You can leave the FP 600 sideplate permanently attached, as well as the Warne bases. Then simply slide off the FP 600 arm when you want to mount your scope. On my 600 with the slide lowered down until it touches the rear Warne base, and with an NECG banded front ramp sight up front, I am zeroed for 200 yards with a 150 grain bullet at 2600 fps. The FP600 can be set and forget or with the target elev. knob it can be dialed for elevation if you want to hit beer cans at 600 yards with irons. In less than five minutes I can convert my 600 from forward mount to standard mount to receiver sight config. Of course using the FP600 requires detaching the forward mount scope. QD rings obviously.

Pics of my 600 set up to run receiver sight, scout scope, or rear mount scope, five minute switchouts. Hope this helps.

I must admit to being a huge fan of iron sights. The 600 with Wilderness Ching sling and the receiver sight weighs 6 lbs. and carries like a dream balancing nicely in hand. IMO, the two greatest assets of the forward mounted scope are the wonderful carrying balance right at the front of receiver and the super fast reloads with the open action. My 600 has the Leupy 2.5 Scout and it works well to 400 yards and is fast. Low light performance is a bit of a drawback to the forward scopes but the old saw about glare from sun behind shooter is overblown IMO. (And here's where I inject that I'm praying my pro scout statements don't send this thread off into scout scope ad hominem absurdian Kafkaland). The scout scope is simply my preferred setup for the 600. I do not like a rear mounted scope on this particular rifle, it jacks up carrying, and restricts loading ammo, but I am set up to run one if the need arises. Usually the Leupy 1.5-5. My 600 sits in a Bansner stock with Decelerator pad, Heritage Arms steel floor plate, Heritage Arms bolt stop release, and XS Systems scout scope tube. All up with forward scope, Wilderness sling, trad scope bases in place, receiver sight sideplate in place and neoprene cartridge sleeve my 600 weighs right at 7 lbs. and is simply a joy to carry on rambles.

Whichever way you choose to go you're going to need a taller front sight.

351 WINCHESTER said:

Whichever way you choose to go you're going to need a taller front sight.

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Right. One item of note from OP's pics, besides the nice work done on rifle, is the scope base is quite tall. Short of unscrewing it to use irons, overcoming its height with irons will necessitate some kind of tall setup. Might put this project into the not practical region.

Since we're onto the Scout sidetrack, when I put my Mauser 98 project together I incorporated the front sight into the scope base. The top of the front sight, a tritium shotgun bead, is flush with the top of the rail, but is still high enough to work with a 6 o'clock hold.

I thought about one of those rear peeps that mount on top of the receiver bridge, but on the Mauser the steel is quite thin there and the traditional side mount seemed more secure, if bulkier.



Lately I've traded the long eye relief scope for a red dot, which gets the overall weight closer to the ideal. I have a QD lever on the Bushnell TRS-25 so I can switch to irons in a few seconds.

Dave DeLaurant said:

Since we're onto the Scout sidetrack, when I put my Mauser 98 project together I incorporated the front sight into the scope base. The top of the front sight, a tritium shotgun bead, is flush with the top of the rail, but is still high enough to work with a 6 o'clock hold.

I thought about one of those rear peeps that mount on top of the receiver bridge, but on the Mauser the steel is quite thin there and the traditional side mount seemed more secure, if bulkier.

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Lately I've traded the long eye relief scope for a red dot, which gets the overall weight closer to the ideal. I have a QD lever on the Bushnell TRS-25 so I can switch to irons in a few seconds.

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RDS works on Scout IMO. 28 years Army and hands down my favorite AR optic is the Eotech 1 moa reticle. Fastest on target for CQB and the 1 moa dot does not obscure target to 400-500 yards. We're talking man size or deer/elk size targets at that range, but it works.