Review of Marble Arms Bullseye Sight

By Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

I have always like peep sights for iron sights. There are many advantages to them. They only require focusing on the front sight, the eye automatically centers the front sight in the hole of the rear sight, making sighting faster and more accurate. They also allow you to see more of the target. This is why the U.S. military transitioned to peep sights with the 03A3 Springfield rifle. I shot my second deer with one of those and the issue peep sights when I was 14. My father was deadly on running deer in the North Wisconsin woods. He used a tang mounted peep on his model 99 Savage for many years, before he transitioned to a Weaver scope.

Another advantage of peep sights is that they keep down the weight of the rifle. Telescopic sights can add another pound or so to the package.

For new shooters, it is easier to explain that they need to look through a peep sight, than to explain the sight picture that open sights require. Older eyes often have an easier time focusing on the front sight, and not …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand