Well this is my own personal take on this.First off, at 68 yrs. old, I wear soft contact lenses. Don't know my exact vision level, but at distance it's pretty much 20-20. I can read street signs two blocks away. I do need 1.5 power readers however such as for typing this on my laptop. Anything within about three feet of distance, I'll have my readers on. Beyond that distance, my vision is quite good, so I guess I should consider myself blessed in that regard.However, with my Williams FP-AG, or any of my scopes, I do not need my readers. I can see perfectly and accurately through an FP-AG (0.05" aperture) using only my contact lenses. On a couple of my Weihrauch, I have an attached Seibert or Gehmann aperture which have a focusing lens. That helps as well (obviously).Now one may think - why should I need readers to type on a laptop, but I can sight through an FP-AG 3" away? I don't know. I only know that I can utilize the tight aperture of the Williams, and aside from a very slight astigmatism, I can center the front sight and hit my target.But let's get back to the subject of the peep and the original HW rear sight. If you're referring to the HW rear sight as the one mounted on the breech block, yeah, that has to go bye bye if using a peep, mounted on the scope receiver grooves. DO NOT misplace that HW rear sight. Put it in a safe place where you will remember.Use only one or the other. The rear peep on the scope mount grooves, or the OEM breech block Buckhorns.You cannot employ all three.Peeps sights provide the advantage of a longer sight radius and more accuracy within a long enough time to study the target, but the original breech mounted Bucks provide for faster target acquisition.It's all about what you want to shoot, and how you want to shoot it.Hope this helps.
: Struckat I removed the rear sight completely , installed the Williams peep .Worked out fine , I set it 1/4" from the safety, I just snugged down the screws hopefully they will stay in place . Now it's up to me from here on.. What do you do to the rear sight post and screw holes? For now I just pot a strip of black electrical tape to stop &^^& from going in the holes.Chris
I leave the holes empty. Nothing ever collected in there on me. People have various techniques to hide or plug the holes because they bother them. They used to bother me too. I never found an elegant solution and left them open until I found one. I'm so used to the open holes now I don't even see them anymore.
Mmm, those are nice Dennis.
Quote from: Bayman on September 15, 2021, 05:42:23 PMI leave the holes empty. Nothing ever collected in there on me. People have various techniques to hide or plug the holes because they bother them. They used to bother me too. I never found an elegant solution and left them open until I found one. I'm so used to the open holes now I don't even see them anymore.Ron I notice your new R9 has the sight cover plate in your picture.I also have the plate on my R1 but use black plastic furniture plugs on my R9, R7 and HW50
Quote from: Robert 5mm on September 15, 2021, 06:27:17 PMQuote from: Bayman on September 15, 2021, 05:42:23 PMI leave the holes empty. Nothing ever collected in there on me. People have various techniques to hide or plug the holes because they bother them. They used to bother me too. I never found an elegant solution and left them open until I found one. I'm so used to the open holes now I don't even see them anymore.Ron I notice your new R9 has the sight cover plate in your picture.I also have the plate on my R1 but use black plastic furniture plugs on my R9, R7 and HW50You caught me, Lol. Yeah the R9 is the only gun I own with a blanking plate. It was put on with the muzzle brake when it was bought new. I have no love for it but it's already there and it's listed on the original bill of sale. So it stays.