Primitive peep sights

[Joe Stein]

Here is the Daniel Border sight:

[Leatherbark]

Check out the "Marbles" ghost ring rear barrels sight.  Or check out a Skinner regular rear sight. Yo can unscrew the aperture and they make a dandy ghost ring sight out on the barrel in the regular place.

[bobw]

I contacted the guy that bought the rifle from me and he took some pictures of the sight.

He also measured the hole.  .039
Bob

[bobw]

A few more pictures.  It’s not quite like I remembered it.  I thought it had an adjustment wheel under it, but it doesn’t.  Looks like the adjuster slides in and out. Still a neat primitive sight.
Bob

[45-110]

The grooves are a interesting attempt at elevation adjustments. But man it would be hard to record the settings!

[Mattole]

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Very interesting! Is this an item available for sale somewhere?

[Scota4570]

I made it from a junk box open sight off an old 22. 

[Bob Roller]

Not long after I joined this forum I sent a 1/4x80 tap and die to Taylor to use on a "lollypop"sight in a bag grip Hawken he built.I don't remember the reason I had it and told him to add it to his own tool collection.This thread gives 12 and 1/2 thousandths of an inch in elevation or deduction of the height of the sight.On my own 451 long range muzzle loader I made a copy of the Creedmoor folding sights and used a 10x40 for elevation and an 8x40 for windage. These are standard threads for micrometers and each full turn is .025  or 25 1000ths of an inch.
Bob Roller

[Steeltrap]

Bobw......You'll poke yer eye out!   

[Mattole]

I made it from a junk box open sight off an old 22.

Brilliant idea and well done! I'd like to find parts and a way to fashion something similar.

[Daryl]

The Afghanistan match and cap locks (conversions) I've seen had a flat pyramid shaped blade sticking up from the breech with a number of holes for different ranges.(I assume) On neither gun were the holes in a perfect vertical line.
Now THOSE were primitive.

[Kurt]

While this idea I came up with is not 100% true to the period of earlier eras, I'ii offer it with the thinking that it may help some with aging eyesight like mine. If you make a simple L of flat metal, as illustrated in other posts, and drill a large hole in the aperture position, the adjustment can be made by super-gluing a washer of the desired aperture size and manipulating it around the interior of the large hole until the desired position for accurate shooting is found. If it is accidentally placed incorrectly, it can be easily removed by the use of a flame and repositioned.