by crbutler on Sat Dec 28, 2019 5:29 pm
While a peep is better than buckhorn or leaf sights as far as speed and aging eyes, it still does require focusing at 2 distances (instead of 3). A fiber optic is not delicate to recoil- but they can be delicate to the environment around them, if you have a hood or ears for the sight, it's pretty tough.
The peep sight does have similar delicacy issues to a reflex type red dot.
It really depends on what your goal is. A gun you use pretty regularly or is a range gun, I'd be inclined to put a reflex red dot on it. They are light and about as fast as you can get. They are as accurate as any iron sight set up for general purpose use. If it's potentially used in low light or night, in critical applications, I'd get the trijicon RMR with the tritium source. No battery to worry about. That's what I ended up putting on my .470 NE for big stuff up close.
If it's a truck gun that will sit a lot, a set of protected peep irons that are not adjustable (target) sights are a great option in that they always are "on" and as long as they are not in direct contact with the environment, will stay where you set them.
The price for good ghost ring irons isn't that much less than a cheap reflex red dot sight now days, and even the cheap reflex (not tube type) sights are pretty recoil resistant due to their very light weight. A NEF isn't likely to have a wide selection of mounting hardware, so that would be what I check first if I was in your position.