After the problems that I had with mounting a scope on my Daisy 1000 (see post below about heavy scopes) I have thought about using an aperture sight instead. Does anyone see any problems with using the Mendoza Sight described:

http://www.pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/accessory.pl?accessory_id=2004

Can I just remove the existing rear sight and add this one? Are there issues with the height of the front sight?

Thanks,

Mike T.

Good question, Mike. I placed an order with Pyramyd for one a couple days ago, but apparently they're back-ordered till about 10/10. Once I do receive it, I'll put it on my 1000S, since I don't have a scope mounted yet, and see how it lines up.

Will report back then.

Bryan

Bryan, I will eagerly await your report!

Thanks,

Mike T.

Mike, the PyramydAir order came in today including the Mendoza diopter rear sight. It seems like a fairly nicely made unit. When I mounted it onto my Daisy 1000S receiver dovetails, and adjusted the elevation down as far as it would go, it still lacked maybe 1/8"-3/16" of being low enough to use the stock 1000S front sight.

I'd also ordered the Daisy 953 front sight:

http://www.pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/accessory.pl?accessory_id=1213

...to see if maybe it could be adapted. While it may be tall enough for the Mendoza rear sight, the problem would be figuring out a way to set up a front sight mount for the 953 sight's dovetail onto the end of the 1000's barrel.

Hope that helped,

Bryan

The front sight that I ordered and received was actually the Air Arms front Diopter sight:

http://www.pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/accessory.pl?accessory_id=1984

... and not the Daisy 953 sight.

Bryan

Hi Bryan,

Thanks for the feedback. I guess that I will hold off on the Mendoza peep sight for my 1000s. Keep us posted as to your progress!

Mike T.