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Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: shooter32 on May 15, 2014, 09:10:36 AM
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Any thoughts, might be good for "old guy eyes" :o
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I'd have to try it before I bought it but it seems a bit too busy (complicated) for my old eyes!
Richard
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What sounded good to me was that at combat ranges if you could see the post in the ring and it was on target, it was a hit.
That seems very similar to a electronic red dot sight...you look through the lens, see the dot on target and you got a hit.
This one is not as fragile and doesn't care about dead batteries.
Wasn't quite sure if he was saying a particular sight would work on all your Glocks or if there was a model that would be right for every Glock.
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Nothing new about "peep sights", or the technology behind them.
I'm currently reading a book that has a whole section on the superiority of Peep sights over "Blade and notch" style sights..
It's called "The American Rifle" by Townsend Whelen published in 1919.
The only thing new is the idea of putting it on a pistol which flies in the face of his purpose of putting the rear sight as close to the eye as possible.
He goes into the technical reasons for it, and he is talking specifically about rifle sights so I don't see why the eyes natural tendency to center things would not help with a pistol as well.
You have to remember to ignore the rear sight, let the eye do what it does while you just focus on the front sight and target.
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Nothing new about "peep sights", or the technology behind them.
I'm currently reading a book that has a whole section on the superiority of Peep sights over "Blade and notch" style sights..
It's called "The American Rifle" by Townsend Whelen published in 1919.
The only thing new is the idea of putting it on a pistol which flies in the face of his purpose of putting the rear sight as close to the eye as possible.
He goes into the technical reasons for it, and he is talking specifically about rifle sights so I don't see why the eyes natural tendency to center things would not help with a pistol as well.
You have to remember to ignore the rear sight, let the eye do what it does while you just focus on the front sight and target.
Correct.
I did not like that a straight blade is generally used with a peep sight.
The eye doing it's thing longs for a circle to center in the peep.
That same function makes it difficult for the eye to not try to put that circle ON the point of impact instead of just under it.
I would zero this peep setup so that the point of impact was under the dot rather than above it.
True you can't see your point of impact, but you know where it is gonna be.
I've just never seen peep sights designed for a handgun before.
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Correct.
I did not like that a straight blade is generally used with a peep sight.
The eye doing it's thing longs for a circle to center in the peep.
That same function makes it difficult for the eye to not try to put that circle ON the point of impact instead of just under it.
I would zero this peep setup so that the point of impact was under the dot rather than above it.
True you can't see your point of impact, but you know where it is gonna be.
I've just never seen peep sights designed for a handgun before.
I see you don't own a made in America, lifetime guaranteed, reliable, damn near indestructible, Hi Point! ;D They come with a peep sight you can install. I have a C9 but I have never tried the peep on it.