Author Topic: peep site dilemma??? (Read 831 times)

Selmer · « **on:** August 30, 2003, 07:04:54 AM »

I have an original Stevens 44 1/2 .22 LR that I inherited from my great-grandfather, and it has a peep site set up on it and I can't figure out how to get any more vertical adjustment out of it. It shoots about 2 inches low at 40 yds. with .22 match ammunition, and I can't bring the rear site down any farther to make it go up. Or am I going at this wrong and I need to bring the rear site go up to make the point of aim go up? That seems backwards to me, but i could be wrong, please enlighten me, I'm not sure of the model of peep site, it flips up and down and is very solid, it has a threaded screw down the middle of the rear site to allow for vertical adjustment and two locking rings that allow you to screw it up and down. Please help me out, squirrel season is upon us and I want some Brunswick stew!!!!
Selmer

Graybeard · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2003, 12:34:43 PM »

Move the rear sight the way you want the bullet to go. Move the front sight the opposite of the way you want the bullet to go. So you are going about it wrong. Raise it don't lower it.

GB

Selmer · « **Reply #2 on:** September 01, 2003, 12:36:26 PM »

Thanks GB, I felt like a moron asking that question, then it hit me about 20 minutes later why it was wrong. It's sighted in and ready for squirrel season, which opened today, but I foolishly went walleye fishing, wasn't worth a darn!
Selmer

Prince of Wales · « **Reply #3 on:** September 04, 2003, 06:45:37 AM »

Graybeard says "move the rear sight the way you want the bullet to go". Does this apply to horizontal corrections as well? Good luck. POW

John Traveler · « **Reply #4 on:** September 04, 2003, 06:56:22 AM »

YES, it does.

Rule of thumb: Move rear sight in same direction as you want point of impact to go.

Move front sight in opposite direction as you want point of impact.

Prince of Wales · « **Reply #5 on:** September 04, 2003, 05:06:33 PM »

John (I`m using a Marlin 62 in 357 Mag with a Williams peep.) The gun is shooting a little left at 50 yards. Do I move the peep a little to the right to correct this? Good luck. POW

Graybeard · « **Reply #6 on:** September 04, 2003, 05:50:48 PM »

Yes PoW. As John and I have both said now.

With any iron sight, matters not the type, move the sight the direction you want the bullet to move to. Your bullet is hitting left so you want to move the rear sight to the right.

Matters not if up or down or left or right. Always move rear sight the direction you want the bullet to move and front sight the opposite.

GB