peep sight

jarhead10 · 09-27-2006, 11:21 PM

has anyone used or know of anyone that has used a product called the peep eliminator? It's a rifle sight for bows

hldeerhunter · 10-12-2006, 01:26 PM

Now it, looked at it, don't like it.Sights like that one are not easy to get sighted in. It requires sighting in your front sight then the back sight. On the other had, it does let you know if you are torquing your bow. If the sights do not line up then you are doing something wrong. Lastly, I found that there is too much in your sight picture that gets in the way when you use one of the rifle sight bow sights. I used a product call the Hind Sight, good sight...works, just too much stuff in the way for me...also was not easy to sight in or keep sighted in.

Bigpapascout · 10-13-2006, 04:39 AM

not as reliable or accurate as the old tried and trued string peep.
just another moving part to get bumped out of line in the woods.[>:]

liquidorange · 10-13-2006, 06:33 PM

the one i use is rock solid. simple to set up and few moving parts that lock down. www.eradicator.com

Arthur P · 10-13-2006, 11:48 PM

With a peep and pin arrangement, you've got a long sight radius for the best aiming precision possible. With these types of 'rifle' sights (actually more like pistol sights, if you ask me), you wind up with a short sight radius. It'd be like mounting the rear sight on your rifle 6" behind the front sight. Does itmake any freakin' sense to do that? NO.

Doesn't make sense to do it on a bow either, to my mind.

Bigpapascout · 10-13-2006, 11:52 PM

Arthur

I agree with you totally 100%

wis_bow_huntr · 10-14-2006, 07:09 AM

More cluster on a bow that you dont need IMO.

dann18 · 10-14-2006, 10:53 PM

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ORIGINAL: liquidorange

the one i use is rock solid. simple to set up and few moving parts that lock down. www.eradicator.com

I completely agree.The Eradicator is by FAR the best hunting investment I have ever made. It makes shooting a bow so simple.

To the people that say "rifle" type bow sights shorten the shooting radius, just picture whats getting lined up. Ultimately, your eye is getting lined up with the front sight no matter what type it is. Unless your eye moves closer for some reason, the shooting radius remains the same. In fact, a longer sight radius is possible with "rifle" type sights because you do not have to anchor. I could extend my arm/bow another 5" and thereforeincrease the distance from eye-to-sight 5".

-Dan

Bigpapascout · 10-15-2006, 01:19 AM

thanks but I think I will stick with my 0.89 Cent Peep sight

Arthur P · 10-15-2006, 01:53 AM

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To the people that say "rifle" type bow sights shorten the shooting radius, just picture whats getting lined up. Ultimately, your eye is getting lined up with the front sight no matter what type it is. Unless your eye moves closer for some reason, the shooting radius remains the same. In fact, a longer sight radius is possible with "rifle" type sights because you do not have to anchor. I could extend my arm/bow another 5" and thereforeincrease the distance from eye-to-sight 5".

Sight radius is the distance from the rear sight to the front sight. Period. The distancefrom your eye to the sight has no bearing whatsoever on the sight radius.

If you don't want to take my word for it, here's the definition from snipercountry.com:

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Sight Radius - The distance between the front and rear elements of mechanical or "œiron" sights. Theoretically, the longer the sight radius, the lower the potential for human optical error, hence the more accurate the system. This is true of open sights on longer barrelled rifles, which can have a long sight radius while still keeping the rear sight the proper distance from the shooter"™s eye. If the rear sight is too close to the eye, it creates focus problems, potentially affecting aim ( unless it is an aperture or peep sight, which obviates the need for focusing ). For this reason bloop tubes are sometimes used on short-barrelled rifle to extend the sight radius.