Tritium dot rear peep sight.

[Hawkeye]

Just wanting to judge the potential interest here.

[4track]

I like the idea, and only judging from your photos, the sight picture looks nice and fast for close shooting.

How has it performed for you in actual use?

For my purposes, I would rather have the rear tritium lamp oriented as a vertical bar, versus the dot.

Sight alignment then would be simply dotting the "i", similar to the XS big dot systems.

Another benefit would be the smooth hood on the rear sight ring not getting caught on gear as much as traditional rear sights.

I am constantly having to flip mine back down, after it has snagged on something.

Please keep us updated as you get more time in with this system.

[UnforseenWeather]

I'd love to try this out. Also a top cover HK diopter rear, for comparison.

The improvement over the AK's Patridge sights may be minimal but I would still find the comparison interesting. The HK drum sight is simply the best set of sights - particularly for close range shooting - I've ever used. I'd put them on everything but my M1A.

I may be in the minority with this, but having the privilege of shooting a variety of rifle types, I would call the M14's iron sights great for long range shooting and the HK drum rear great for everything else.

[kenny256]

I want to hear about hwo it does at the range, I have thought about getting one of those but jsut have not heard any good reviews on them!

[Hawkeye]

I havent had a chance to get it to the range yet.....been too busy sewing gear.
As soon as I can though, I'll try to give some more feedback.

[kenny256]

Ya my order is somewhere in there so......good choice

[kaptainkoolz]

Its an awesome idea but the rear peep is supposed to be right next to your eye, not a foot and a half down the rifle, with a fuller modification and night sights the stock ak irons are more than adiquate. If someone combines the krinkov hinged dust cover and welds on some diopter or windage and elevation adjustable peeps then that would be a sweet setup, and still be easy to field strip

[Hawkeye]

Yes, a traditional peep sight, is supposed to be close to the eye. A traditional one also as a relatively small hole. This is not a traditional peep sight, thus it has a signficantly larger hole.

[matt]

I used the Krebs AK peeps sights on 2 AKs for a little over 3 years. In the end, I found that I preferred the standard sights with a widened rear notch. Peep sights work best when the rear sight is closer to the eye.

With peep sights, you would typically focus through the rear sight on the front sight. The rear sight basically disappears as you look through. This allows you to basically focus on the front sight without regard to the rear sights.

When you move the rear sight forward like it is on the AK, it is more like shooting with a handgun where you are just more aware of the rear sight and how you position it. So, they end up behaving somewhat like typical AK sights and not a true peep sight.

I found that the Krebs peep sights worked but they didn't offer the advantages of true peep sights. Their biggest advantage is that they offer a wider rear notch than standard AK sights. Now I just open up the standard rear sight notch with a file and get similar performance.

But, I guess I could see how this set up would likely perform better than other night sights for AK. My experience does not include the low light performance of the tritium models.

[Hawkeye]

Since I no longer have this rifle, I'm putting this set of sights (front and rear) up for sale. Contact me if your interested.