Peep sights on all my long guns?

[NoirFan]

Here's an idea I've been kicking around. All my military pattern or "defensive" rifles and shotguns have peep sights, but none of my more innocuous long guns do. But I shoot the CZ 452, Ruger 10/22, and Marlin 1894 WAY more than the Mossberg 590A1 or Springfield M1A. I like the idea of all my long guns having the same sight picture, defensive or not. Would it be a worthwhile training investment to set up peep sights on my for-fun guns? Has anyone else deliberately set up all their long guns this way?

 

[M-Cameron]

well familiarity between platforms is almost always a good idea.....if all your rifles look, feel, handle the same( or similarly)......practice with one will be more easily transferred to the others.

but will the effects be worth the added cost......eh, that really depends on you.

if it were me personally......i might try to gear my equipment in that direction over time.....but im not sure ide go out of my way to make sure all my guns "match".

 

[prid93]

I have peep sights on all the rifles I regularly use.
K-98, SKS, Savage Mk II and my favorite...swiss products diopter sight on the K31. The other rifles wear pretty much whatever irons they came with as I don't shoot them nearly as much.
I think its a personal preference...I love shooting with irons and love a good set of peep sights. For me its completely worth having a set on rifles that I regularly use.

 

[mdauben]

I think that if you are not using optics on your long guns, that peep sights are the way to go. I much prefer them to any form of "open" iron sights.

 

[M-Cameron]

EDIT: double tap.

 

[68wj]

I have this on my 10/22. http://www.trueshottechnologies.com/RUGER_1022.html

Work really well and don't cost very much.

 

[CraigC]

Would it be a worthwhile training investment to set up peep sights on my for-fun guns? Has anyone else deliberately set up all their long guns this way?

Absolutely!!!

 

[Dr T]

Another viewpoint. I view my rifles as tools for specific tasks. Since the tasks I use specific rifles for are different, the sights I use for those tasks are different. For example, if I want to go completely destroy a gaggle of offending aluminum cans, I will take my 10/22 tactical target with the red-dot sight.

If I want to have a rifle handy in case I might come across a mountain lion or bobcat or coyote while walking a fence line checking for hog holes, I would take the Marlin 1894 44 magnum with the peep sight or (Winchester 94 trapper 30-30 with the same sights).

If I am still hunting a sendero, it will be the 270, 6.5 Creedmoor, or 300 Wthby Mag with good optics.

And so forth.

If you have only one basic type of task for your guns, just use one type of sighting system. If your tasks are many and varied, match the sights and gun to the task at hand.

 

[bigfatdave]

I put tech-sights on my 10/22s, I'm at the point now that if a new 10/22 arrives I put TS on it before going to the range or doing anything else.

I'm working on getting peeps on everything, my vision's quirks make aperture the way to go for pretty much anything.

 

[NoirFan]

I have this on my 10/22. http://www.trueshottechnologies.com/RUGER_1022.html

Work really well and don't cost very much.

Hi, how do these stack up against Tech Sights?

 

[68wj]

I haven't used the TechSights to compare. I am happy with the TrueShots, though they seem like a more stripped down version of the TechSights (windage in the rear, elevation by FSP adjustment).

 

[Hizzie]

Between Tech-Sights and XS Sights you should be able to get peeps/ghost rings on everything in your safe. If you shoot better with them then why not invest the $?

 

[FSJeeper]

I have Tech sights on my 10-22's and SKS's and use them for most of my practice sessions to work up to the M1'As. This system works perfect for me and is a very practical way to go.

The Tech Sights are excellent quality and I have had zero issues with them. I have not tried the others.

 

[henschman]

I also have a CZ-452, a Marlin 1894, and a 10/22. I personally like peeps on the 1894 and the 10/22. I thought about it for the CZ but decided against it because it has such a long barrel and sight radius that I am plenty accurate with the tangent sights, and I like the ability to adjust elevation quickly for different ranges with no tools, which you can't do with the Tech Sights. I like to shoot the 200-250 yard steel with that CZ at some of the ranges I visit sometimes, so it is nice to just be able to slide the tangent to the right notch and get down to business rather than getting out a tool or a bullet tip and start counting clicks.

Now the 10/22 I pretty much just use for 50m and under. Tech Sights makes the dual aperture version for the 10/22, which I prefer. I zero the shorter aperture for 25m, and the taller one is on at 50m. That pretty much covers any training/plinking/critter gettin situation I run into with that rifle. It is mostly used at 25m for a Liberty Training Rifle for Appleseed.

The Marlin in .357 Mag is not really suitable for anything other than short range shooting, so the Williams FP sights (the plain ones without the target knobs) are just fine for my purposes. Just set it and leave it. I really hate the factory buckhorn sights on that rifle too, so an aperture is a big improvement.