sighting a bow

[mufan]

What is the stepwise procedure for sighting a bow? I was told to sight in at 30 yds then shoot at 50 yds. If it is off at 50 yds then I would adjust my rest, and then adjust my sights all over a again. Don't know if that is right.

[8pt~Bowhunter]

I would first make sure that the arrow rest is adjusted to "center shot" then make sure that the nock is 1/4in above 90 degrees (this works best for me, your bow might be different). Then I shoot the bow at 20 yards, 30, 40, and 50. If your shooting different at 50 yards (windage), I would say that you are pulling torquing the bow. I don't know about, "adjust my rest, and then adjust my sights all over a again." I never tried it.

[archer 2]

Mufan , it sounds to me like they were talking to you about doing the walkback tuning method for getting your center shot correct. Dont know what other reason they would have to say something like that . Only other thing they might be talking about is seeing if your second axis is set on your sight.

[mufan]

so you don't mess with the rest.....just adjust the sights?

[archer 2]

Mufan , if they are talking about doing a walkback tuning then yes you MAY have to move your rest. The walkback test is for getting your center shot to its most optimum position. What you do is you shoot arrows using only your 20 yard pin for all distances. Put a target at the highest point on a target that you can and shoot an arrow till you are getting good centered shots on the target. Then I hang a string over the center ofthe targetwith a weight on the bottom of the stringand out enough from the target so that it is free floating. This will give you a true vertical line . Then step back to 30 and still using your 20 yard pin shoot an arrow at the target, then step back to 40 yards and still using your 20 yard pin shoot an arrow. You keep stepping back and shooting an arrow using only your 20 yard pin till you cant shoot another arrow without it missing the bottom of the target butt. If your arrows line up straight up and down the string on all the shots from different yardages then your center shot is good and you will need no adjustment to your rest for center shot. If however your arrows look like this / going from top to bottom arrows then you will need to adjust your arrow rest in slightly toward the bow . If like this \ then you would need to adjust your rest out slightly from the bow. This is if you are a right handed shooter , if left handed just reverse the directions. If you need to make an adjustment then you start back at 20 yards and shoot an arrow and adjust your sight till you are hitting back in the center of the target again and then proceed stepping back and shooting arrows at the different ranges using only your 20 yard pin till you get your arrows all aligning straight up and down the string at all the yardages. If you move your rest do so in small amounts each time of say 1/32 of an inch , a little goes a long way in this procedure but the system does work .

[mufan]

good explanation archer 2... thanks!