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Old 02-18-2006 | 07:51 AM
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dohcrxl
 
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Default RE: Results shooting without a peep

ORIGINAL: aeroslinger

I don't see a "crosshair" when I look thru it, it just looks like a peep but with better light.
I meant that when you look at it while the bow is at rest, you see what resembles a crosshair. The nitehawk by construction design could be made much better. It's pretty much a 3/8 by 3/8 square that has the edges rounded off. The grooves where your string slides into are also too big and allow the peep to slop around a bit. When you look thru it at full draw, you'll noticethat the box you see is not perfectly aligned straight up and down or left and right. That's what bugs me about the nitehawk.

Putting out my own fire in this thread, I decided that although I may be able to shoot nice groups at the range in a controlled environment, I may not be able to do it under the pressure of hunting. At the range I'm always standing perpendicular to the target, my heart is not beating 150 times a minute, I'm not bending at the waist, I'm not turned 180 degrees to shoot. I think with all of that going on and not having anything in way of alignment, I might choke. So, I decided togo witha 5/16 tubeless peep. With this set-up I was still able to group 2" at 20 yards throughout all lighting conditions. My anchor points remain the same but now I have a lil bit of insurance in case the tree I'm in starts to vibrate.
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