Striped Birch it Is - M96 Aperture Rec's?

Thanks DocRock, right you are. Thought I had maple but the stock is birch; it is sweet.

Recommendations on a peep sight for this gun? Considerations:
- historical is okay
- modern repro is okay
- something that works, it will be used
- fits onto the standard gun as is, without d&t

Will I need to replace the front hooded sight, or does it depend on what model diopter is used? Are rear / front sets common?

Put half a box down the pipe this week, what a smooth shooter, love it! A windy day, gusts were at 25 mph but I was able to hold and get close. My understanding is with standard ladder sight set on the lowest setting, 300, it shoots 11" high at 100 yards... would love a system that brings that down quite a bit, like to 2".



P.S. From 2013, here is a great comment, cut and paste, from Float Pilot:
"The BUSK diopter which I have only seen one or two....
The MG Anderesson diopter, which I never never seen even one.
The Elit sight, which is very common
The Faldt rear sight,,,, Saw one once...
The GF Diopter rear sight... These were made by the Military armory I won a few.
The Hauges rear sight from Norway.
The Hellqvist which looks like R2D2
The Halsikte Hooka rear sight which looks alot like the BUSK sight.
The Lyman number 48 rear sight.
The Pramm Rear sight, I have seen lots of these.
and the Soderin rear sight. There are Lot and Lots of these...."

Scooter22 said:

Very nice rifle! For a cheap and fast fix glue a piece on top of the front blade to make it higher. This will lower the impact with the rear set on it,s lowest. Not sure of the thickness but it will work without altering the gun. Black Max is the best glue and you can remove it with some heat. Enjoy and Happy New Year.

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That is common sense at its best, thanks! Agreed, Loctite Black Max is awesome. It's not supposed to stand up to this but I used it on a British car's fuel pump innards and it never failed.

Speedo66 said:

In training with the M-14, which had peep sights, once you had your battle sight zero, they used to tell us "aim for the head if they're far away and it will drop into the body, or aim for their belt buckle if they're close and it will rise into their chest."

Any hit on the pop up targets was a good one, MOA was not required. System worked well enough to earn me an Expert Rifleman award, with pop ups out to 600m.

I wish I still had those eyes. lol

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Ha, that is great! My intent is to shoot a whitetail (next season) or javelina humanely, up to 100 yards, while I still can.

Hmmm, what do we have here? Again, my first milsurp... this doesn't look like a simple drift it out with a brass punch, to change the front sight? If changing the sight bubba's the gun, I will reconsider. Apologies for the basic questions!

Tall front blade sight is ordered and on the way!

While searching for one I ran into this non-invasive M-96 Scout Scope mount from Bad Ace Tactical. Tempting: sporter utility without sporterizing. Perhaps The Colonel would approve? Scopes are on sale at Opticsplanet too. Must. Resist. Think I will stay old school for now.