Peep sight recommendations for 10/22?

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I just picked up a brand new Ruger 10/22 (thanks... you know who you are!) and am thinking of fitting it out for Appleseed shoot.

Anyone know of the best peepsights to put on this one?
 
Tech Sights are the bomb.

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Cmercaldo said:
Williams Fire Sights. They have a fiber front and a peep rear. Only around $45 on Ebay.
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Not for an Appleseed gun.

And I highly recommend doing an Appleseed.

Appleseedinfo.org has a complete guide on how to set up a Liberty Training Rifle, which has all your answers Tans.
 
While I have not installed the tech sight on the 10/22 , I have used them on other rifles and highly recommend them. Very high quality ,the increased sight distance and the peep sight will help greatly with shot placement.
 
JimP42 said:
Not for an Appleseed gun.

And I highly recommend doing an Appleseed.

Appleseedinfo.org has a complete guide on how to set up a Liberty Training Rifle, which has all your answers Tans.
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Curious as to what about these sights doesn't make it for Appleseed? I couldn't find anything that prohibited them.
 
np307 said:
Curious as to what about these sights doesn't make it for Appleseed? I couldn't find anything that prohibited them.
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They don't prohibit anything safe. Run what you brung. But some things definitely work better than others. Better to struggle with learning the skills than with your equipment.

The firesights are ok for some things, but not as precise and not as adjustable for zeroing as tech sights. The goal of tech sights is basically to replicate military peeps like on a Garand or similar.

The short version of the Appleseed marksmanship goal is reliable 4moa shooting with iron sights on a service grade rifle. Minute of man at 4-500 yards. At 25 yards, that's a 1" target. Firesights are definitely an improvement on the stock sights but not in the same league as military style apertures for precise shooting.

The tech sight front sight post is about 4 MOA if I recall correctly. Or maybe 8, been a while. Either way, the flat square end is easy to center on or under the exact target horizontally and vertically. Firesight front sight is not as crisp or as suited to precisely placing on the target. If I recall the one I have in the back of the safe it is much larger and round on top. No bueno.

Does that help?
 
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They don't prohibit anything safe. Run what you brung. But some things definitely work better than others. Better to struggle with learning the skills than with your equipment.

The firesights are ok for some things, but not as precise and not as adjustable for zeroing as tech sights. The goal of tech sights is basically to replicate military peeps like on a Garand or similar.

The short version of the Appleseed marksmanship goal is reliable 4moa shooting with iron sights on a service grade rifle. Minute of man at 4-500 yards. At 25 yards, that's a 1" target. Firesights are definitely an improvement on the stock sights but not in the same league as military style apertures for precise shooting.

The tech sight front sight post is about 4 MOA if I recall correctly. Or maybe 8, been a while. Either way, the flat square end is easy to center on or under the exact target horizontally and vertically. Firesight front sight is not as crisp or as suited to precisely placing on the target. If I recall the one I have in the back of the safe it is much larger and round on top. No bueno.

Does that help?
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Yes it does. I am generally aware of Appleseed but have yet to actually attend an event. I have tech-sights on my Marlin but want a more visible front post for hunting. But since someone else mentioned being able to swap the front post on the tech sights, I'll look to do that.

Thanks.
 
Came to say Tech sights but once again I am too late.

On an unrelated note, I love the sights on my Kimber Model 82 Government. Got it from the CMP. Soooo sweet.
 
I like Tech Sights. I have a Tech Sight front sight on my Ruger 10/22 based LTR. But I have a Nodak rear sight with integral Picatinny rail, like this one, from http://www.nodakspud.com/ I can add an RDS on a low mount to co-witness if I want. It also feels a little more robust, since it's fastened to more of the top receiver.

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CrashTestDummy said:
Eddie, I have a set of Tech Sights you are welcome to if you want. You know where I live, you helped me move....lol.

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Nice! I "have" a set a guy was supposed to return to me, but that was a couple years back. He keeps "forgetting". Great sights, I'll be putting them on the next 10/22.
 
RFMan said:
I like Tech Sights. I have a Tech Sight front sight on my Ruger 10/22 based LTR. But I have a Nodak rear sight with integral Picatinny rail, like this one, from http://www.nodakspud.com/ I can add an RDS on a low mount to co-witness if I want. It also feels a little more robust, since it's fastened to more of the top receiver.

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That's cool! Do they sit at the same height as the tech sights?

I could easily see a Burris FF3 sitting atop of that.
 
J R Green said:
That's cool! Do they sit at the same height as the tech sights?

I could easily see a Burris FF3 sitting atop of that.
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It's close; I have not measured with calipers. I'll get some photos in the next day or so. I'll toss an RDS on there too.
 
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Here are some pics. Again, this is the Tech Sight front and Nodak Spud rear. The pics aren't the best, but I was using an iPhone at night, with only two hands :) I miss my old manual Ricoh 35mm SLR - it would focus where I told it to :D

Some photos have the red dot and some don't. The rear sight has the same style dual aperture flip as an AR carry handle sight. The pic without the RDS has the small aperture up. Also tried to take some looking through the aperture (had to use the large), and some with the RDS. Best I could do there was raise the camera to look through the RDS, to see the dot. I don't keep an RDS on this rifle, but threw one on there to give an idea of the sight base utility.
 
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Here are some pics. Again, this is the Tech Sight front and Nodak Spud rear. The pics aren't the best, but I was using an iPhone at night, with only two hands :) I miss my old manual Ricoh 35mm SLR - it would focus where I told it to :D

Some photos have the red dot and some don't. The rear sight has the same style dual aperture flip as an AR carry handle sight. The pic without the RDS has the small aperture up. Also tried to take some looking through the aperture (had to use the large), and some with the RDS. Best I could do there was raise the camera to look through the RDS, to see the dot. I don't keep an RDS on this rifle, but threw one on there to give an idea of the sight base utility.
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Do you find the Nodak rear is as accurate as the Tech Sight rear when paired with the Tech Sight front?
 
Exile_D said:
Do you find the Nodak rear is as accurate as the Tech Sight rear when paired with the Tech Sight front?
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I can't tell any difference. They both have dual apertures (large and small). The only possible differences I could see would be:

1. The older Nodak and the Tech Sights rears have the same number of windage detentes, but Nodak's current rear has more detentes for finer windage adjustment, which is a plus.
2. I have not miked the apertures - they might have different sized holes for large and small, but I would expect (no guarantee :) ) that they both went with the M16 standard size holes.
 
I just picked up a 10/22 from a fellow member recently and got it to the range for the first time this weekend. While I think I'm going to love the rifle, the sights definitely need an upgrade. I'm leaning towards the Tech Sight. For you guys running these do you prefer the TSR100 or TSR200. I'm guessing the only difference is the rear sight with the TSR100 having dual apertures and the TSR200 a fixed aperture but is adjustable for elevation. Pro/Cons to either? Thanks.
 
I went with the TSR200 also. I didn't think I would need the larger aperture on the TSR100 and liked the additional elevation adjustment on the rear sight. It worked great at the Appleseed event a couple weeks ago.

Although initially the rear elevation adjustment was ridiculously difficult to move, it did loosen up after a few uses.
Of course, this happened after I bought the special adjustment tool, lol.
 
Cmercaldo said:
Williams Fire Sights. They have a fiber front and a peep rear. Only around $45 on Ebay.
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Yup,
Few years back had one installed and it fell apart.
Contacted Williams and got stuck in a "Merry Go Round" go No Where voice mail ~ email~s.

I searched on line for reviews and found several users with same or close to same issue - s.

Worked well for a while, now what's left is in the junk box.
 
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