Horizontal vs. Vertical Sight Pins?

Ptrbilt · 11-17-2006, 07:36 AM

I'm thinking of upgrading my sight from a Cobra Sidewinder 3 pin to something else. I know how many pins I want just not alignment. Anybody have the pro's and con's of vertical vs. horizontal pins?

Thanks

Arthur P · 11-17-2006, 08:00 AM

One has the pin post coming in from the side of the target, the other has the pin post running up through the center of the target. Neither pro nor con. It's personal preference. Choose your poison.

Rick James · 11-17-2006, 08:10 AM

Try pin gapping for say a 35 yard target when you have 30 and 40 yard pins with your vertical pins. Not much fun. I hate vertical pins.

Bigpapascout · 11-17-2006, 08:43 AM

I agree it is prefrence and Mine is horizontal I like to line the pin up with the deers body

98Redline · 11-18-2006, 08:02 AM

Horizontal pins here as well.

While they say that vertical pins provide a better view IMHO they don't. With a vertical pin your target is covered both above and below while a horizontal pin only covers part of the target from either the right or the left (3 sides visible)

TEmbry · 11-18-2006, 10:40 AM

well i say neither. i love the looks of vital gears angled pins. The come in diagonally so they have the best of both worlds. field of view of vertical and gaps between the pins like horizontal pins. im gunna try the 3 pin triangular sight they have on my 06 trykon im getting this month. ill post back results. if they work half as good as they look ill be thrilled. they are pricey like the trophy ridge products tho.

txjourneyman · 11-18-2006, 12:30 PM

Horizontal for me. I had a TR sight and took it off. When I had a target in bright sunlight and I was in deep shade I could not make out my 30 or 40 yd pins. It looked like a single pin sight and cost me a doe. She was at 35 yds and I had no idea where my pins were other than the 20. I now have a Montana Black Gold Dusk Devil. This is a great sight.

Greg / MO · 11-18-2006, 06:56 PM

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Try pin gapping for say a 35 yard target when you have 30 and 40 yard pins with your vertical pins. Not much fun. I hate vertical pins.

Agreed. I'll repectfully disagree with Arthur here (may be a first...) and say there's a BIG difference. I had a Trophy Ridge Matrix and I sold it right away for the above reason.

totalcomfort · 11-18-2006, 09:31 PM

trophy ridge for me the vertical pins are great for my shooting style.
I shoot both eyes open and the pins appear to float in space and I feel I get a much better view of the target

Arthur P · 11-19-2006, 10:43 AM

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Agreed. I'll repectfully disagree with Arthur here (may be a first...)

Well, nobody's perfect. [8D]

Frankly, even though I use sights pretty often, I prefer shooting with no sights at all. I can work up agap aimingsystem - using the tip of the arrow, the bow's shelf and various parts of the arrow rest in the sight window -that gives me a completely unobstructed view of the target and gives memore aiming references than any fixed pin sight can. I won't have the quite the same accuracy I get with a sight, but it's close... plenty good enough to put an arrow in the chest cavity honey hole at any reasonable hunting distance.

I mean really, shooting barebow is so simple that even Ted Nugent can even do it...