Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Got the peep sight blues.

I guess I must be weird but I find the Sourdough much less distracting than a bead. I sight for a the impact to be right on top of the post so I can divide the bull with the sight. With a bead I get distracted and find myself varying my hold, having to remind myself not to use a dead on hold. The angled surface of the bright metal tip on the Sourdough also picks up ambient light better for me than anything other than a fiber optic. And I have a strong dislike for the fragile fiber optic sights that also obscure a lot of target.

Suppose everyone will have their own favorite. I know what works for me.

For hunting, I like larger apertures and the Rocky Mountian style front sight on my .303, 1895s. I'll shine-up the face of them so they reflect as much light as possible. I shoot a six-o'clock hold. I think it's a mistake to assume a small aperture and a small bead make for more accurate shooting. The larger apertures allow in more light and if you put the middle of the wider front sight right below where you want to hit, that can be very accurate. With a peep sighted .300 Savage I have no problem hitting the vitals of a deer at 200 yards. Killed a bunch of coyotes at 150 to 200 yards with a peeped .22 High Power and that makes for quite a bit smaller target than a deer. The most important thing is practice, practice, practice.......

Boy that's some really great shooting!

Angus, PM me re: bead replacement. You'll need to send along a small chunk of gold. No offense, but my old wedding band is dwindling and I mean to see it through to the "end".

Matt, thanks for posting the dead coyote pics. Dead animal pics from you are always a treat (due in no small part to the .22HP prominently displayed)! I will take a minor exception to your statement re: small apertures. For target work where I'm trying to really bear down on a tiny bullseye, I like as small an aperture that I can get away with because the smaller the aperture the greater the depth of field which translates into sharply defined front sight + target. For practical field work you are 100% right, within the framework of one's vision capability. Young folks with great visual accuity can't relate to that problem. (Of course most of them grew up brainwashed into believing a rifle without a scope is as worthless as a dead cat anyway.)

Time to expand the library

Gary, I agree with you on the target shooting with a small aperture. I've always been amazed how effective peep sights can be once you gain some confidence with them.

Wow, nice looking rifle there!

That just gave me an idea!!!!

101 uses for a 99EG!

Joe I'd like the first signed copy please.

I can visualize the cartoonish drawings of the garden with the vines hanging heavy with tomatoes, all wired up to a trio of EG's stuck in the dirt.

...Or used to prop up orange tree branches. Grafting EG stocks into said trees too would produce fruit with that curious little Savage medallion on it too.

Jack handles, pry bars, door braces, garden gate hinges, water fountains, lamps, car hood prop sticks, rake handle, fire pokers,...

...Concrete rebar, cat scratching posts, canoe anchors.

Me too funny guy!
Rectal probe. Bend over and let's have a look.

You'll need a bore light then.

Hey I am glad if you hi-jack my very serious thread.......at least it aint bout them stinkin R's.

We do not need no stinkin R's

Love those pics of the 99's & specially the dead dogs !
In O'Conners articles on peeps 'n beads , his approach was to unscrew the aperature and "blacken" the Gold Bead , However when he was writing this, fluorescent stuff wasn't yet invented.
Also in addition to making the peep as large as possible, he promoted using a "6 o'clock" hold , not putting the bead on the target {game} but looking over the bead so as not to block out the aiming point .
When hunting Black Bear , I would polish up the Gold Bead .
My second Rifle was a 99R in 250-3000 ; Sorry Angus lol

Here you go. A dog. A 99EG. Lyman peep and Sourdough front. 300 savage 180 hornady

NICE! If a fox is a dog what is a coyote?