Peep vs. Bladed V notch?

[cracked butt]

I shoot equally well with each, mainly because I've shot tens of thousands of rounds with the open rear sight. I prefer the aperture sight because it is much quicker for me and is very easy for me to shoot when my eyes are watering from the wind being in my eyes compared to an open sight.

 

[twoblink]

My friend started competition long range shooting with iron sights..

he said the "kiddie" stuff started at 500yards.. hehehe crazy!

So yeah, I know some of them get out to 1000 yards...

 

[Smoke]

Yeah, I know a couple of guys that shoot that 1000 yard open sight stuff. I think they are also into voodoo, devil worship and sacrificing virgins. Nobody is supposed to be able to shoot like that.

I max out inside of 200 yards.

 

[cratz2]

I'll have to go with the general consensus here... if it's a close cover gun, walking through brush etc... I'll take the speed of the peep sight. If I'm wanting more precise shooting beyond 50 yards, probably the notch. A friend of mine has an old Remington in 222 and the rear sight is a very narrow notch and the front sight is like a diamond so it comes to a very definable point. He can do some pretty good shooting with that rifle.

 

[cratz2]

I think 1,000 yard open sight shooting is a very Zen activity. Closest thing I've done to that is shooting at 125 yards with my Dan Wesson 22 revolver. You're not so much 'aiming' per se as doing exactly what you do at 1/4th that distance but at a longer distance. I mean, if you know how to get on target at 25 yards (or 250 yards with the rifle) you do the exact same thing, very carefully and you just envision the bullet going home. Don't laugh, I'm completely serious!

I speak first hand about the handgun shooting, notsomuch about the rifle at 1,000 yards.

 

[Frohickey]

I think 1,000 yard open sight shooting is a very Zen activity. .... I mean, if you know how to get on target at 25 yards (or 250 yards with the rifle) you do the exact same thing, very carefully and you just envision the bullet going home. Don't laugh, I'm completely serious!

Do not try and send the bullet home. That's impossible. Instead...only try to realize the truth.
What truth?
There is no bullet.
There is no bullet?
Then you'll see, that it is not the bullet that goes home, it is only yourself.

 

[9mmepiphany]

be one with the bullet
be one with the target
when all is one
there is no bullet
there is no target
they will each find themselves

you will not hit, but
you will not miss

 

[Gordon]

Barley corn belongs in a bottle not on a rifle.

 

[bad_dad_brad]

Most certainly the peep. I like the A2 AR15 sights. Two peeps for two distances. Old eyes much prefer a peep.

 

[twoblink]

My 400 yard with peeps on my M1A National Match. I can get 7 out of 10 on paper (mind you that's a 20x24" big sheet)

500 yards. I get 3 out of 10, and not even consistantly.. Past that.. eyesight failure..

But I have friend that can do it, so it's possible...

Please, if you have extra virgins lying around... put them to good use, don't sacrifice them!

 

[M67]

Please, if you have extra virgins lying around... put them to good use, don't sacrifice them!

My thoughts exactly. Why not limit yourself to sacrificing a chicken or two? It may not be quite as effective for 1000 yard shooting, but out to 800 or so the difference should be negligible.

If done in public, sacrificing a chicken will also have the additional bonus of annoying the Peta-philes.

Oh, and I shoot better with peep sights than with open ones.

 

[T.Stahl]

I was taught rifle shooting with a G3.
Now I have an Enfield No.4 and an SL8 with G3-style open sights.
Looks like I prefer aperture, diopter or peep sights.