Thread: Pleasantly surprised. Time to hunt with irons?

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Not yet, I lost my wee mate yesterday so been pre occupied with that but he's just turned up home again now, soaking wet and looking super proud of himself, assume he's been over the other side of Pomahaka river the wee bugger
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Has he found a girlfriend over there? Or just something tasty, maybe still on the hoof?

Originally Posted by JohnDuxbury

out to 100m i can shoot as well with open sights as a 4 power scope. you can take the front sight hood off when you shoot, its to protect the front sight when traveling?

It's more to stop the sun glinting off the front sight post. It does also protect the sight from knocks which is extra important if it's driftable.

With a rear peep sight the front sight hood also forms a "ghost ring" that helps you quickly and instinctively place the front sight in the centre of the peephole, that way you can get good accuracy even with a large peephole, a real help in low light.

When shooting with a rear aperture/diopter I never see the sight protector or the foresight tube (fullbore). All I see is the post or ring element.

Originally Posted by zimmer

When shooting with a rear aperture/diopter I never see the sight protector or the foresight tube (fullbore). All I see is the post or ring element.

Yep, the tube/tube only forms a useful ghost ring if you use quite large / oversize aperture. There's no need for it when you precision shoot using a small target aperture.

This image is from a HK MP5 SMG, sadly not mine:



Which brings up to other advantage of the ghost sight system - fast target acquisition.

I mean you are not supposeed to shoot with the hood on. its only for travleing. i have a box of them i have taken off husvarnas and old winchesters etc. some of them are not even round.

@Ryan_Songhurst , more Sako peep sight pics to taunt you with!





Came with different aperture hole sizes too,



Shoots good, too good almost!



Did a whole thread on the UK forum about it, https://www.thestalkingdirectory.co....sights.213636/
NEGC (Nee England Gunsight Corp) have a good selection which also fit picatinny/weaver bases, all made in Germany for them by Recknagel. Good shit!

If only there was a nz machinist that could make something similar to the skinner sights for lever actions. Im sure quite a few people would be buying them considering the amount of Bush hunting here. I for one would love to get some sort of a peep sight for my henry 45-70. Low power scopes are good and all but they're also just another thing to get dirty/wet and they certainly don't make a rifle nicer to carry!