Globe sight question

[Rural Ruger]

Find myself in slightly unknown territory. Bought a Swedish mauser with a front globe sight, and nothing in the rear. Anyone know what the correct rear sight is for a front globe?

Standard milsurp V, peep, or something else?

[imashooter2]

The globe front is aftermarket, so it is strictly personal preference for the rear. Rear aperture with an aperture insert for the globe is a very popular choice for paper bullseye targets at known distance.

[BRS]

Rural: Is the receiver bridge drilled and tapped with two offset holes? If so, find a Swedish diopter rear sight, like an Elint or other make. If not, you can get a standard rear leaf sight for your model (96 or 38), or an aftermarket rear sight that uses the standard rear leaf mount. You can also drive out the globe front and install a standard 96 or 38 dovetailed flat topped post.

[X Hunter]

Proper way to adjust globe or aperture sights for target shooting:

Some front globe or aperture sights are adjustable or there are choices of inserts that can be used. Normal procedure is to set the front aperture for the amount of white that you want to see around the aiming black of the target you are shooting at. This is a personal thing, as some folks like a large amount of white around the aiming black and some like a smaller amount.

Now move to the rear sight and close the aperture down to where the target looks too dark to see. Gradually open up the rear aperture to the point that the light "shines through" and the target is nice and black. It will be an Ah Ha moment when the aperture is correct for you. Make sure you have the rear aperture as close to your eye as possible without getting hit during recoil. This helps you by allowing a smaller opening in the rear aperture since it is closer to your eye.

You may have to play with the settings depending on light conditions but that should give you a starting point.

[Rural Ruger]

Thanks all, greatly appreciate all the input.

It is drilled for a rear peep, presumably long gone. But I didn't want to assume that the peep and globe were used together given the age/not knowing when the modifications were made to front and rear. They also snapped the screws off, so will be a project if i try to replace the peep sight.

From what I've seen, there are several aftermarket options, with Elit being the most common....and none of them being easy to come by...or cheap. Short term, sounds like replacing the standard rear leaf might be the easy/cheap route to get back to a useful state, and i can keep an eye out for a better solution after that.

I guess William's made a peep that fit where the rear leaf went, but that is also out of production.

[imashooter2]

I have one of the Williams rear blade replacements on an SKS. It was a decent compromise for my old eyes and the SKS dust cover configuration. But it is not really a target sight. In my opinion, it would be worth getting the screws removed and a proper aperture sight installed.