I know you don't want to use a scope, but that's the route I went with my #3 45/70, a simmons shotgun scope 1.5 to 5, With my eyes I had the option of a peep or a scope, which I figgured I would have to go to sooner or later, and it's great at the low power, at first I didn't want to go the scope route either but now I'm glad that I did.................steg