Peep/aperture rear sight for a Weihrauch HW77K?

[felix gunner]

Has anyone got any recommendations for a rear peep sight for the 77K to look out for or even one surplus to requirements for sale please? I picked up a couple of cheap ones but not great quality and one is much too high anyway...

[bill57]

For a peep sight, the Williams if you can find one. For a diopter, the old Weihrauch ones look better than anything else. Watch out as some fit the older 13mm Weihrauch dovetail.

[andrewM]

I thought that peep sights and diopters were one and the same thing. Perhaps the diopter has a choice of rear diameters whereas the peep sight produces only one.

I have a Gamo on my Omega and this does sterling stuff and is almost as accurate as a telescopic sight.

I found that Williams were very hard to find.

If I could find a good second hand diopter, I would place it on my Walther LGV. The prices, alas, are quite silly.

Rgds
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[felix gunner]

Must admit I was using the term as interchangeable.

[deejayuu]

The Feinwerkbau, and Walther, 11mm versions may be what you need since the HW is difficult to find. Can do photo tomorrow if it helps

[Hsing-ee]

Cheap solution is to mount the standard 77 rear sight at the back of the scope rail & replace the notch plate with a piece of steel with your favourite hole size drilled in it like the old Meteor Cadet peep sights.

[bill57]

I thought that peep sights and diopters were one and the same thing.

They are Andrew, I was also following the slightly American nomenclature that differentiates the two on grounds on grounds of precision/complexity. But this can be dangerous - I have competed in Open Sight competitions where diopter sights are not allowed, to hear competitors saying "Oh but this is a peep sight, not a diopter."

Cheatin' barstewards.

[MDriskill]

Yes, "peeps" and "diopters" are all APERTURE sights! Functionally identical, but with details tweaked for different uses.

A peep sight is for sporting and hunting use: typically small, light, uses a small eye disk with a big aperture mounted a bit forward, to give a good view around a moving or poorly-lit target. A diopter is for match shooting: typically bigger, more precise and complex, uses a big eye disk with a small aperture mounted closer to the eye, to give a precisely focused look at a well-lit target.

Not cast in stone of course...no law says you can't punch paper with a peep, or hunt with a diopter! Anyway, here are some of the sights I mentioned above just to show what they look like.










Note the big thumb wheel on top of the HW sight, this is a stud that positions the sight by mating up to one of the holes on top of the receiver tube. The Anschutz sight simply clamps on, so its position can be more finely adjusted.