Do's & DONT's & Correct Sights & setup
DONT GET the Short Radius fiber optic sights, that mount in the stock rear sight location, or you will just be replacing them later when you get better and realize they are No better than stock same sight radius as stock means Less accurate longer distances.
DONT remove the Front Fiber Optic out of the front sight, this is done because the sights are not Correctly set up
Get the Williams Receiver mounted Rear Peep Sight with the Williams Fire sight front sight. You will be glad you did, you can use this sight setup with a Red dot together, (see below)
Williams WGRS-RU22 Guide Receiver Peep Sight Set with Fire Sight Ruger 10/22 Aluminum Black
This will provide you 8" Longer sight radius the stock sights, and are much easier to see
Williams WGRS-RU22 Guide Receiver Peep Sight Set Fire Sight Ruger
They are very Bright.
A lot of people do not set these sights up right, they set them up like the stock Leaf sight covering part of your target this is Not Correct, and they cannot see the whole target, this is because they set them at the 1/3 o'clock position this blocks half of the target, giving them a MUCH reduced range
This is the Correct Setup set them up This way, to see the whole target, & will provide a Much longer range.
sight them in so that they are Target ON at 6-O'clock, there will be No obstructions, and you will see the whole target.
The Peep rear sight allows you to focus on the front sight (the rear sight becomes almost invisible) and the target.
These are awesome sights when set up correctly, also the aperture can be removed and you can use them as Ghost ring sights, really cool.
Just blue loctite all hardware, and for added security a drop of super glue at the bottom of the fire optic to make sure it stays put. Vibration can cause parts to move and fall out and be come lost
A red dot can still be put on with a receiver mounted rear williams sight, take a full length picatini rail and cut it to fit in the front two holes then you have both sights and they will look through each other (co-witness sighting) if you use the bushnell TRS25 RED DOT
ONLY get the Fiber optic rear sight if you plan on throwing a scope on it and NEVER use the fiber optic sight, then in that case forget the sights and go straight to the scope.