or you could also cut the peppers or put slits in them if you want them to look whole. this allows the vinegar brine to seep into the inside of the pepper during the canning process.

in europe they sell a little plastic thing that looks like a 3 legged table that you place flat side down on top of you pickled product. It fits standard mason jars and when you put the top on, the "legs" are pushed down by the lid. This holds everything below the level of the fluid.
They also kind of look like those little plastic things on the pizza when you get deliver from some places.
kendra

You could take a toothpick, poke a hole in the blossom end and the stem end

tolouseleplot

can you please try to post some pictures. I have no idea what you are talking about. You go way too fast. A couple of pictures would do the job best.