I bought a new 44 Ruger 3 years ago and cannot see good enough through the peep site. I want to replace the front with a fiber optic and the rear with a typical v notch type. I tried a combo that a gun smith suggested but I could not get it to site in. Any recommendation's that would work?
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44 Ruger Carbine
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bamaranger
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ruger .44
You are referring to the "new" now discontinued, box fed ,44 auto carbine, yes?
Or......is your carbine some thing different?
You are referring to the "new" now discontinued, box fed ,44 auto carbine, yes?
Or......is your carbine some thing different?
bamaranger
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Pretty sure there is no way to easily mount a conventional "leaf" type rear sight on the new Ruger .44 auto. The rifle comes with a factory peep mounted where most peeps get located, at the rear of the receiver.
A "leaf" at the rear of the receiver is odd and would be extremely difficult to shoot accurately. Ones eye would not do well trying to align the leaf, blade and target w/ the leaf so close to the eye. The beauty of a peep is you look through it, not at it, forward to the front sight. A leaf rearward would be counter productive, as you seem to have found out.
I can relate to not seeing the front sight on peep sights like you'd like. On short sight radius rigs, (like an M4 per example) I do not see the front post like I used to.
The easy answer is to scope your Ruger Carbine. It comes with the std Ruger scope mount notches on the receiver. A set of Ruger rings of the correct height will not be hard to find (it may take two separate heights fore and aft). A low power scope will be a boon for your shooting, honest.
That is a heck of a carbine by the way.
Pretty sure there is no way to easily mount a conventional "leaf" type rear sight on the new Ruger .44 auto. The rifle comes with a factory peep mounted where most peeps get located, at the rear of the receiver.
A "leaf" at the rear of the receiver is odd and would be extremely difficult to shoot accurately. Ones eye would not do well trying to align the leaf, blade and target w/ the leaf so close to the eye. The beauty of a peep is you look through it, not at it, forward to the front sight. A leaf rearward would be counter productive, as you seem to have found out.
I can relate to not seeing the front sight on peep sights like you'd like. On short sight radius rigs, (like an M4 per example) I do not see the front post like I used to.
The easy answer is to scope your Ruger Carbine. It comes with the std Ruger scope mount notches on the receiver. A set of Ruger rings of the correct height will not be hard to find (it may take two separate heights fore and aft). A low power scope will be a boon for your shooting, honest.
That is a heck of a carbine by the way.