Peep sight trouble

[Nick87]

I'd be fat and happy with 2-3" groups at my age and current eyesight. I've got no idea why your having trouble with the peep sight, but as others have suggested ditch the front globe, and use the bare front Fiber optic.

Yah might be the best of both worlds with visibilty.

 

[Nick87]

So a little update I went back the peep and left the front post/fiber optic. I like it best. My groups did open up a little so maybe 4"at 90 yards or so. But I feel like that little bit is worth it withhow much I gain in sight picture. So Im going to just go with it. I definitely shot better with the rear ramp but in a hunting situation I couldn't see a whole lot. Thanks for all the input here guys, I really appreciate it.

 

[cgasner1]

So a little update I went back the peep and left the front post/fiber optic. I like it best. My groups did open up a little so maybe 4"at 90 yards or so. But I feel like that little bit is worth it withhow much I gain in sight picture. So Im going to just go with it. I definitely shot better with the rear ramp but in a hunting situation I couldn't see a whole lot. Thanks for all the input here guys, I really appreciate it.

Are you covering the dot with the front sight? I always shot best at like a 3” dot and put my dot right in the bottom of it. Makes the gun a inch high or so at 100 but my line of sight was so much better

 

[Nick87]

Are you covering the dot with the front sight? I always shot best at like a 3” dot and put my dot right in the bottom of it. Makes the gun a inch high or so at 100 but my line of sight was so much better

I was covering it with the dot. But I actually thought about that while I was trying to aim tonight and I just may do that.

 

[cgasner1]

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I was covering it with the dot. But I actually thought about that while I was trying to aim tonight and I just may do that.

find I can concentrate on the shot better and I’m not trying to cheat my head up and see

 

[Gellar]

This is the one instance 4” is better than 6.


Confidence is huge! Practice some more, tighten that group up even more, kill big elk!

 

[cgasner1]

How those thors seating for you now?

 

[Nick87]

How those thors seating for you now?

Good. A lot better if it's dirty.

 

[cgasner1]

Good. A lot better if it's dirty.

It’s weird man I never hunt a clean gun for that reason my ol man shot a bull in the base of the head one year trying to hit it in the lungs that’s when we started hunting dirty

 

[WildWill]

Are you covering the dot with the front sight? I always shot best at like a 3” dot and put my dot right in the bottom of it. Makes the gun a inch high or so at 100 but my line of sight was so much better

Mines 2 inches high at a 100 yards which allows me to do exactly what you said. Agree with hunting dirty too especially with those Thors seems to help accuracy.

 

[shannerdrake]

Hate to hear about all the trouble. For quick shooting and low light, I feel the peep is worth it. I also love the increased sight picture.

I ditched the front globe and went with a standard fiber optic ramp and so far much prefer it. Way better low light visibility and even better/cleaner sight pic. I need to spend some time with it at longer ranges (100-200). My guess is I will give up some precision because I was able to center the target in the front globe then center the front globe in the peep. But for real world hunting, I think I’ll be happier.

4in with irons on a muzzy is plenty good. Kill a big one!

 

[marksjeep]

Got this front sight installed and tried it out last weekend. I'm using stacked reticles, with a fine cross hair and a fine fiber dot. It's so so. I do like the horizontal reference that the crosshair provides inside the globe. My groups are what they are, like 3" at 100 yards. My eyes are not going to do any better than that. But I didn't think that the globe was a detriment. Find out in a few weeks, perhaps.

 

[Bonasababy]

Your eye will naturally want to align circles, the globe within the aperture, so on, so forth. It's what makes peeps so effective for bullseye targets. I'd double check everything is tight, too. I have the same globe arriving today, will try to get it set up this weekend for mz season in a few weeks. Will keep this thread in mind.

This is the principle of the peeps success...the eye does want to center the sight.

I'm wondering if the OP is trying consciously to keep both in view....my eyes aren't able to use open or peeps effectively anymore but when younger I shot my Williams better after I removed the hood over the front blade and replaced the simple brass blade with a bright orange one.

But I also see no reason to change if you can get 3" or better groups at 100 with traditional sights!

 

[BAKPAKR]

Hmmmm. I wonder if it's just a comfort level thing? If you're getting 2 in groups with the factory at 100 really can't get much better regardless of open sight type. Maybe time to just roll with what's working. Aren't muzzleloaders so much fun?

I use a peep on my muzzleloader but I think @WildWill is right.

 

[Treeshark]

My hope is this thread will stop at least one person out there from going down the same rabbit hole a lot of us went down after reading that stupid Go Hunt article. He just made it look so cool… and necessary!

I think easiest/best solution for most people is an EABCO peep rail and leave your front sight alone.

 

[brushcreek]

Hate to hear about all the trouble. For quick shooting and low light, I feel the peep is worth it. I also love the increased sight picture.

I ditched the front globe and went with a standard fiber optic ramp and so far much prefer it. Way better low light visibility and even better/cleaner sight pic. I need to spend some time with it at longer ranges (100-200). My guess is I will give up some precision because I was able to center the target in the front globe then center the front globe in the peep. But for real world hunting, I think I’ll be happier.

4in with irons on a muzzy is plenty good. Kill a big one!
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that front sight will cover the target at 150 plus. you might try the pumpkin on a post method

 

[MS 9x56]

So I git a new williams peep sight and front glove for my upcoming elk hunt this year. First time really using a peep. Other than archery of course. I'm not sure what it is but I can not get the gun to shoot for shit with the peep, actually tried it on two different muzzleloaders. Averaging around 7" to 8" @100. But when I pit the old iron sights back on (they do have fiber optic dots) I shoot around 2" to maybe 3" @ 100. Which I was blown away with honestly. Today I tried three different size peeps and all 6 front crosshair config. And still couldn't get it under 6" I had two loads left with and I put the old sights back on and the two were almost touching @100. Anybody have any idea where I might be going wrong?I feel like I'm having trouble centering the front globe in the rear peep. Regardless of which size peep I use. I'm thinking I just shouldn't worry about it since I can shoot around 2" groups at 100 with the open sites that are Factory.

Use the peep with the fiber optic front sight.

 

[Lnewton]

I set up two sets of the williams western precision last year for a New Mexico mule deer hunt. I put one set on a CVA Accura LRX and another on a Traditions Stryker fire and they both shot great. I really liked the BDC option for the front. The Traditions was the best shooter at just over 1” groups at 100 using hornady 250 tipped sabots. The CVA used the 285 grain ELR’. It just didn’t shoot as good and the best I was able to get was 120 grains 777 and was just over 2”. Shot around 5” groups at 200 yards with both rifles. This year, the CVA went back to optics for oklahoma muzzleloader

 

[Kauaihunter]

I’ve been shooting the Williams WGRS peep for a long time and all the experimenting has lead me to having the best results with a small front brass bead. The FO front can glow a bit much in certain conditions. Second thing for me was using a six o’clock hold helped considerably with consistency. Changed the front sight a couple of times before I got the right combination. I used to be able to shoot out to 150. Nowadays 100 is max.