Does anyone make Mauser cocking pieces with an aperture/ghost ring built in?

Thanks,
Eric

Rigby and Holland used too.

The short answer is no.

If you look real hard, bolt peeps are out there but go for a small fortune- I think Lyman made them too.

Based on the pictures I have seen of them, you'd have to have a high mounted scope for the bolt peep to clear the bell anyway- if that is what you were looking to do with it...

Eric,

try Johannsen (gunmaker and dealer of reloading articles, somewhere in Northern Germany). They should have a source. I do not have the address here but can find out if you want.

Such a cocking piece will be quite heavy and I believe this must have influence on lock time.
Why not use a Lyman or Williams receiver sight, mounted at the rear bridge? But of course this may be tricky if you want to install a scope.

Regards,
Martin

Ron Wharton in the UK builds rifles with these sights fitted. www.bunduki.co.uk.

Tom Delucchi was making them. I'll bet he still has a couple in stock. I will try to figure out how to post a photo of the one he made for me.

I would like contact info for both Johannsen and Delucchi if that's possible, gents. Thanks. - Dan

[ 04-02-2003, 20:44: Message edited by: dan belisle ]

This will be a trial to post a photo.
[img] www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid58/p4114639b3465f52c64a1d9da63828443/fc672db7.jpg [/img]

I will get his contact info and post it a bit later.
Roger

Try again....Rog

scrollcutter,

WOW, that thing looks to be built like the proverbial brick shithouse! do you have any wider angle shots of it?

John

Reimer Johannsen GmbH
Haart 49
D-24534 Neum�nster
Germany

Phone +49-4321-28747
Fax +49-4321-29325

Regards,
Martin

Here you go.

Hope this helps.

Thanks Martin and Scrollcutter. that is one BUILT peep site. Wow! - dan

The bolt peep in the photo probably will work as a ghost ring if the aperture is unscrewed. The feature that makes a ghost ring "ghost out" is the large aperture compared to the thinner ring, which your eye does not focus on but looks through. Your eye is really good at centering things like animals and front sight blades in the ghost ring. I say probably, because I can't really compare the ring size to the aperture size.

The mass of the sight shown added to that of the rest of the stiker assembly is not going to do anything for lock time, but you won't get any light primer hits either.

You can also use the Jim Brockman Gen III ghost ring mounted on the rear receiver ring to get a good ghost ring. He is mounting a set of his Gen III sights on my BRNO M602 now, so I will have a test report "real soon now".

http://www.brockmansrifles.com/sight_options.asp

In my opinion ghost ring sights are the best sights for a dangerous game rifle.

jim dodd

[ 04-03-2003, 02:14: Message edited by: HunterJim ]

Thanks for the info.

Eric

The aperture on this Rigby style bolt peep doesn't thread into the sight. It is machined to fit off center. As the aperture is rotated you get your windage. The best bet would be to open the aperture to your own prefered diameter. I haven't measured the size in my sight, but would guess it at about .080.

Roger

Scrollcutter,

Really like that sight, please email me with contact information.
Best Regards,

JohnTheGreek

You can really sharpen things up by looking through a pin-hole aperture, but they require strong light sources to work. Too small an aperture removes the sight from the ghost ring class, and severely limits field useability.

The pictured sight seems to be a mechanical design tour de force for half the problem, but I would give it a zero as a hunting sight. What do you do at "o dark 30" and you can't see the sights?

jim dodd
ghost ring user

Brockman is supposed to manufacture a cocking piece peep sight in the near future. I have the first one on order.

HunterJim
I agree with your assessment of the the bolt peep. The hole probably is too small for a hunting sight.

I think Tom builds them with the idea that it can be drilled larger if the owner wants. Making a bigger hole smaller is infinitely more difficult.

The intent is probably to appeal to a wider spectrum of shooters.
Roger

Gentlemen

Here is one who already makes them

www.golsniper.de

Cheers
/ JOHAN