goast ring insert for lyman front sight

[jbunny]

i just built myself a ultralight 22 that weights in at 4 3/4 lbs with odds and ends.
anyhow, i wanted to keep it light so i whent with peep sights. my old tired eyes have
trouble with the front peep. as an experiment i made a clear insert from 1/16 lexan.
works like a hot dam. it gives a goast ring thats not hard on my eyes. the pic with the goast ring
looks of center because of the camera not in line. i used a small center drill to bevel the hole
that makes the goast ring.
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/MOUICH/goastringpeepsight2_zps609b0144.jpg (http://s138.photobucket.com/user/MOUICH/media/goastringpeepsight2_zps609b0144.jpg.html)
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/MOUICH/goastringpeepsight_zpsd1fdac0c.jpg (http://s138.photobucket.com/user/MOUICH/media/goastringpeepsight_zpsd1fdac0c.jpg.html)

[I'll Make Mine]

I've never heard of a front peep before -- the disk must completely cover the target at reasonable ranges, and there's no way I could see enough through the hole to hit anything. I'm used to an aperture rear sight being used with a common blade or post front -- which, IMO, would be more precise and easier to compensate with hold-over and hold-off when needed than that "ghost ring" (which, BTW, is a term I've only seen applied to a rear aperture too far from the eye to "vanish" when aiming).

[Pepe Ray]

I'll Make Mine;
I'm with you 100%. I'm thinking we need some clarification of the post. Right?
Pepe Ray

[Southern Son]

I shot Small Bore Rifle for many years and the only front sight I saw on any rifle in that game was apperture. Most of them were made out of stamped steel, but some were made out of perspex with the ring coloured in black. If you have a decent apperture rear, you center the front apperture in the rear, then center the target in the front, then squeeze. I have a MVA Buffalo Soule on the rear and the Uberti front sight with a small apperture on my Uberti Hiwall, and that generally hits stuff. I think that jbunny has just varied an old tried and true sighting technology, and as a bonus it works for him.

[Ramar]

My thought is for the most precise iron sight target shooting the use of aperture front and rear is the best.
It has been said the eye will naturally center an object in a circle with speed and little effort.
Ramar

[W.R.Buchanan]

Aligning all three circles is done by the eye instantly. but typically it is done with a Black round bullseye target and then the other two sights.

Using it for things other than bullseye shooting may be a problem.

I guess it could work for things other than targets, I jsut don't knwo how well.

I will change the front aperature on my pellet gun and shoot some birds and get back to you.

Randy

[DLCTEX]

A Mossberg 22 we had when I was a kid had a selection of front sights that turned up and were held by a hood. One option was a circle, then two sizes of post and a bead. The rear was a notch or a peep that flipped out of the way. I found the double ring slow to access.

[crabo]

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/817066/lyman-globe-front-target-sight-17aml-494-height-3-8-dovetail-steel-blue

Here you go

[country gent]

I have shot the appeture sights with post front (service rifle matches) appeture sights and globe appeture front ( match rifle) out to 1000 yds with excellent results. The trick is you want a reart appeture bigger than the front. A front about 2 mins bigger than the bull then you watch the white lines between the three rear to front front to bull. Makes for a very precice aiming system once you get used to it. The Appeture rear and front post works well also but is more affected by light conditions. I used to have a carbide miners lamp in my stool to Smoke the front post on the service rifles at the start of the day. Made a very dull black front sight no glare or shine from that coating.