Thanks, Bart B very nice information.Peep, or aperture rear sights have different size apertures (holes) for different applications. Military ones are pretty large because they're used in the entire spectrum of available light. Hunting ones can be smaller as they're typically used in daylight. Competition ones are the smallest as they make the front sight and target appear the sharpest for precise alignment on the target bullseye.
M1 and M14 service apertures are about .070" diameter. Match ones are either .059' or .052".
Good size for hunting rifles is about .060".
For shooting from a bench or competition, .050" down to .030" are typical.
Adjustable apertures are available for many rear sights; one that goes from .030" to .060" will cover all applications. Or get several screw in apertures then use the one best for your application. Champion's Choice, Brownells and Midway have them.
Some have adjustable optics in them to help you focus best on front sight as well as the target.
In use, always center the front sight in the rear sight field of view. It's a decades old myth that the aiming eye "automatically" centers the front sight regardless of where it appears through the rear aperture. The aiming eye doesn't automatically center a bead front sight in the notch of a leaf rear sight, does it?
I do not know about you guys, but when I was younger Iron sights were great. Now that I am older my eyes are not what they once were. Getting old is not handy.You need sights which are weapon - specific. If you're just gonna do all - around generic shooting, I'd get a dual - aperture rear sight. Iron sights are great.
I do not know about you guys, but when I was younger Iron sights were great. Now that I am older my eyes are not what they once were. Getting old is not handy.
Not true. Ask any ophthalmologist or optometrist; or some rifle shooter whose won big matches and set records with aperture rear sights.The human eye loves putting the top of that post in the very center of even fairly large holes.
http://www.chuckhawks.com/choosing_sights.htmOur eyes don't discriminate the types of sights we use.
I still disagree. So does all the top ranked rifle competitors I've talked about this withThe human eye naturally centres the post/blade.
Do you mean in line with but above the bore axis? That's a bunch of hooey. Some right hand rifle competitors offset both the rear and front metallic sights a couple inches to the left so their left dominant eye sees through them with best visual clarity. I know of one whose set records with such a set up. Yes, he has to make a windage correction for zeros at different range to compensate for the sight's 2 inch offset horizontally. He replaces those sights with his scope for matches allowing them, so it also is offset 2 inches to the left.The sights still have to be centred on the rifle.
Where did I say that? Don't think I did.Your Mk I Eyeball won't compensate for that, like Bart says.
Please explain that as I don't grasp the message its sending.Your eye will centre the blade in the aperture though, but it'll be off.
What's an optical plane? Never heard of that about aperture sights. But no sight plane is removed. Nor any eye lens focusing things down range on yout eye retina is removed. Light from the target to the shooter's aiming eye follows the same path regardless of where the sights are, on its way into your eye. All the sights do is be visible at some point relative to the rays of light coming from the target that never changes; unless mirage tends to wiggle the target image a little or a lot.Biggest advantage to peeps is you're removing one optical plane.
"...remove the aperture sight..." Means you have no rear sight at all. Mind you, it also means you could just use a shotgun bead. Usually called point shooting.