sight question

[ROADKILL04]

i have a 4 pin sight and i was just curious as why 1 pin is good for 10 and 15 and then 1 for 20 and 1 for 25 and 1 for 30 i have always had pins for 10 and 15 and 20 and 25 and 30 and 35 and so i was just curious as why the sight is like that this is also a new bow i was wondering if the pounds has anything to do with it or the arrow or etc.

[Straight Shooter]

Yours pins are purely set up to the distances you set them at. They aren't specifically designed for those yardages. You might be able to set them up in 5 yard increments if the speed of your bow is slow enough. But with new bows today the speeds are substantial enough to set your sight pins up at 20, 30, and 40 yards.

[kyhunter]

Yeah,the poundage has alot to do with it and then the arrows are made up for that poundage pulled.I personally only use 2 pins but it's because that is what i am used,i shoot with these up to 40 yrds.I am pulling 70 lbs.

kyhunter

[ROADKILL04]

well i am shootin about 58 pds and i shoot 5 yard increments just because i want all my pins dead on i dont want any geuss work i can shoot my 25 yard pin off of my 20 yard but i have to aim a little high and i dont want that i want all my pins dead on how far should i be able to shoot at

[arrow32]

I know my first pin set for 20 is good down under it and good up to 25 yards. With this I feel that with my 2nd I'm good for 30 and 35. 3rd and it goes so on up until my 6th pin. But once I get up to 40 I go in 5 yard increments for my own comfort.

[HOYTnMUZZYboy]

Like others have said it has alot to do with your poundage and the FPS of your bow.

[Doc]

I have a 20 yard pin for 20 yards and under. Then I have a 30 yard pin, and for 25, I shoot between the 20 and 30 yard pins. If I shot out to 40 yards, I would have a 40 yard pin. In fact I have in the past.

It's not perfect, and I would really like to use more pins for better precision. However, the pins would be packed together too close and could actually cause some confusion during hunting situations by picking up on the wrong pin.

It is a bit difficult to actually use the pin at some distances and shoot between pins for others. It does cause a disconnect in sight pictures, but I can adjust to it, and I seem to be able to shoot accurately using that system.

Doc

[Tony]

i guess what most of us are saying is we gap shoot. it takes time to get used to it. i have my pins set 20, 30, 40, 40, 50 and 60. but if i need to shoot at a deer at say 25 yards, i do not try to hold in between the 20 and 30. i know by how my bow shoots from practice where i need to hold my 20 for it to be dead on at 25 and so on

same with say 27 yards, i just use the top of my 30 yard pin. dead on at 30 i use center of the 30 pin and at 33 yards, i use the bottom of the 30 yard pin.

i prefer to have an actuall pin to use to aim with.

however some guys truely do gap shoot and hold halfway between there 20 and 30 to get 25. this works just as well.

Tony