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Just a little FYI. A rear peep is more for blocking light and constricting your pupil than it is for aiming. That's the purpose of peep / aperture sights over traditional iron sights or open sights that allow full light into your eye. The peep needs to be 1 to 2 inches from your eye to work it's magic. Your pupil ranges between 2 to 8mm depending on the amount of light entering it. Behind a peep sight in normal conditions it's 3 or 4 mm. Out in the open, a fully dilated 8mm pupil can suffer parallax when your head moves side to side, causing you to aim incorrectly. Restricting the pupil gives less angle for light to enter and forces alignment and eliminates parallax. Complicated, but it forces the focal point of light to the peep aperture rather than your eye. The peep being close you your eye also forces your eye to focus with more depth than having a focal point further forward. Try this. Using your sights as they are now, look at an object 50-100 yards away. See how excessively blurred either your front post or the target is? Now move the peep back 1 inch from your eye. Now the rear peep disappears and The front post and target are both a lot more in focus. The more dilated your pupil is, the more angles light from an image have to enter the eye and become more blurry. Also notice how much field of view you have in this position. Now shoot your best group both ways and I promise you will see the effects of parallax and have a lot tighter group with the peep 1 to 2 inches from your eye. This is also why you see target shooters using a sight cup that completely blocks light from the eye. The smaller your pupil, the tighter the light column for a sharper focus and more precise alignment. There's a really good study that goes into more detail on doug kerr (dot) net. It's a long read, but a really interesting one and leaves you completely understanding the magic of the rear aperture sight... to read it, google "Parallax Suppression with a Target Rifle Aperture Sight Robert J. Burdge and Douglas A. Kerr, P.E." And you'll find a 23 page PDF document all about peep sights and how the eye works with them.

Well done.

The best thing about red dots and scopes is they can never, ever fail. Oh, right? Best thing about magnification is you get to take shots you shouldnt. Go figure.

I am having trouble finding a company that sells peep sights that fit any of my pistols.

The shame is losing all those fine pieces in the boating accident

im left handed and neither works worth a crap with a scope so i made all mine side chargers

Thanks for the info.

My fav ambi mag release, use em on all my rifles. Doesnt interfere with my BAD lever either. Its a great setup.

The 22 rifle I had as a kid in the seventies had a peep sight. I could shoot mistletoe out of trees and hit wasps floating across my dad's stock tank. But everyone knows the 22 itself is a very accurate weapon.

The longer sight radius is also an advantage over conventional open sights. I like Skinner sights ,but the US$ / Aust$ conversion has made more purchases unlikely for me.🇦🇺😏

When I installed mine my mags would drop after the first shot..

Stupid question...just bought and installed this...upon function test i find that my magazine 'sometimes' hangs up in the magazine well...I've adjusted the stud in a full turn/out a full turn...same issue. I can still release a magazine cleanly with the OE button. With no magazine inserted I can clearly still see just a fraction of the 'tab/tang' from the Troy assembly in the mag well when using the pivot on the Troy unit but it completely clears the mag well using the OE button from the right side. Did i get ahold of a bad unit?

Older people who are far sighted, will actually do much better with peep sights!

Pretty cool. Just a little hesitant having an ambi mag release when my sling holds the rifle against my body. Have you had any issues?

Love both of these guys 🙂

Does a bear... Nevermind.

Just stumbled across this, love to see guys running peeps still. Peeps being my go to for the majority of my rifles. Scopes are nice for longer range but a peep and a correctly sized front sight can do wonders with some practice

Informative demonstration, thank you.

I love my old Parker hale peep sights on my BSA Martini.

They were pretty darn accurate with a vernier tang sight with a globe front sight at 200 yards a 130-40 years ago and it beats lugging around a bulky scope.

Fantastic! Joe made it look so easy! Excellent video!

Back when I was young there was one kid that had a .22LR with a Peep Site. He was able to out shoot us all.

Joe is very clear and knowledgeable. I like the way he takes his time to explain to the new hunters. Especially his comments on the sport in general - he states the broad pictured. Like "There is a learning curve to peep sites but there is a learning curve for all aspects of shooting" That kind of advice (knowledgeable and without judging) is very welcome. Paul

Almost 14 minutes to say, "not really".

As good as Magnified optics, prism sights, and red dots are I still believe iron or peeps should come standard on most rifles. Manufacturers have really gotten cheap by not offering sights.

It definitely takes some getting use to being full size on both sides.

Thanks a lot for this video. I'm both near and far sighted so iron sights are a chore for me. I'm fine with scopes, but for my Marlin 336 in .30-30, I'd like to keep it a brush gun and would prefer to use a peep sight. I'm looking at Skinners. I already use a peep sight for my Mathews bow so I'm familiar with the concept. I put two does on my Marlin last season with the OEM Buckhorn sight at 50 yards, but I'd really like something a little more confidence inspiring so I'm going to try the peep.

Nice! You make it look easy. : ) Thank you!

Missed an opportunity on the biggest deer of my life last fall because my scope lens was fogged up with the rain. I might need to switch to some of these. Good stuff.

All open sights are relevant. I am surprised anyone will buy a rifle that doesn't have open sights on them. Buying a rifle without open sights is a way to increase the cost of your rifle by hundreds if not thousands of dollars to buy optics. Quit buying rifles without open sights. Make the manufacturers honest again.

Don't think you mentioned increased sight radius with a peep.

Who’s joe ?

Excellent information! Joe is quite knowledgeable and makes it easy to understand. Thank you.

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