ORIGINAL: Hoytail Hunter
ORIGINAL: Arthur P
How do you think they put 9/32 holes in those things, anyway? Magic? They use a drill. You reaming them out to 9/32 isn't going to cause them to egg to any greater degree than the same peep with a 9/32 aperture from the factory would.
I'm pretty sure it doesn't involve magic but have you ever tried to ream out something as small and fragile as a peep sight? You can't stick it in a vice 'cause it's plastic and will deform from the crush of the vice which will only give you an egg anywaywhen you're done drilling. Then when you're holding it with one hand and drilling with the other, the drill bites and twists the peep out of the grip of your fingers. Drilling something like 1/8 out to 3/16 might be simple 'cause there's alot of meterial to work with. With a 1/4 peep, the wall is already thin as it is. I'd like to see someone drill one out freehand and have the arpeture anddrill anglebe straight and true all the way through.
I've done it twice. I couldn't tell you what the two sizes were off the top of my head, but I've done it twice....neither time did it 'egg out' or break. Actually, both times I did it, the peep sight was still in the string, on the bow, under tension. You don't need a power drill either. I did it with the drill bit in a pair of vice grips, that wayI could control how fast/much it was cutting. It worked out fine for me. If you are really curious, let me know and I'll find out what diameters I did on the second one (first bow is sold). I know I drilled it a 32nd bigger, but I can find out what it is and what it was.