sights for old eyes

[ohio ramrod]

I made some sights just for old eyes. The front sight is steel with an ivory insert, the solid ivory sight kept breaking so I set it into a steel sight. The rear sight is moved out the barrel three inches.

 

[rusticbob]

Looks great, how does it shoot? The rear sight appears a bit too far forward for a peep sight, how does it work?

 

[bubba.50]

It’s not a peep, it’s a buckhorn.

 

[oldwood]

Ohio............What you are experiencing is the standard "old eye" syndrome old guys encounter. I'm 74+ and have gone to a tang mounted peep sight on my flint deer long rifle. This "peep sight" can be as simple as apiece of sheet metal w/a hole drilled in it. Amazingly , this type sight will make the target , and front sight clear again. ............oldwood

 

[Col. Batguano]

Next step is eye surgery.

 

[Lfpdlt]

Ohio............What you are experiencing is the standard "old eye" syndrome old guys encounter. I'm 74+ and have gone to a tang mounted peep sight on my flint deer long rifle. This "peep sight" can be as simple as apiece of sheet metal w/a hole drilled in it. Amazingly , this type sight will make the target , and front sight clear again. ............oldwood

Thats what I did (and I am nowhere near my 70’s yet).

 

[oldwood]

Hey LFPDIT......... I like your tang peep sight. Think I'll put one of those on my .40 . Very nice............oldwood

 

[Chrizz]

Hello Lfpdlt. I like that tang peep sight. How did you make it? Is it attached to the tang with a screw? It was a very clever idea. Necessity is the mother of invention......

 

[Lfpdlt]

I cut out a piece of stock from a heavy duty sawzall blade and heated with a propane torch to shape it. It is attached with the tang screw. I put a pretty large hole in it to make it more of a ghost ring sight. Then I just used a little cold blue on it. Works great and does not look out of place. In full disclosure I just copied a picture of a similar sight I saw online.

 

[Chrizz]

Do you have it lined up with the front sight and rear sight? Or do you use only the front sight within the peep?
thanks for your advice

 

[Lfpdlt]

Mine is a smoothbore fowler so it only had a front sight until I added the tang sight.

 

[Whitworth]

Thats what I did (and I am nowhere near my 70’s yet).

Sweet, simple and sweet.

 

[josie wales]

Well let's face it as we age we all have to compensate one way or the other. My Thompson Renegade ( .54 ) received a whole change to Williams Fire Sights and pretty much solved the problem.

 

[Pete G]

Well let's face it as we age we all have to compensate one way or the other. My Thompson Renegade ( .54 ) received a whole change to Williams Fire Sights and pretty much solved the problem.

...for now

 

[Marshhawk]

Same here. Eyes finally got bad enough I could see front sight fine, but rear sight was a blurry mess. Sooooooo .... lord help me I tapped out the rear notch sight and filed, filed, filed and filed some more until I could fit a Winchester 94 round peep sight into its place. Next I made a diopter out of a jeweler's loupe. That sharpened the rear sight nicely. Havn't tried it at the range yet. Oh, yeah, it's an old CVA .45 flintlock.

 

[SOLANCO]

Significant eye disease has made this RH shooter into a leftie.

Works for now. But if I start with left eye problems I'll be down to cannons and grenades.

 

[josie wales]

...for now

Yes for now. If the problem comes back there is the scope option. My Green Mountain barrel is drilled and tapped. I know you pure primitives will gasp but I rather disappoint this forum than give up hunting.

 

[bldtrailer]

Take your pick

 

[SOLANCO]

The maker's solution on my old cape gun.

 

[Celticstoneman]

The maker's solution on my old cape gun.View attachment 70233

Extremely beautiful gun! Thanks.