Jeeeez! When is it going to finally register that a peep sight for hunting purposes is an unnecessary, unreliable, and detrimental piece of crap? A peep sight was not designed for hunting purposes, and will never be completely suitable for all the conditions that will exist when hunting. It cannot.

With some accessories, the word "might" is a proper term when weighing the probability that something "might" go wrong in the field. When weighing the same probability against a peep sight, the terms "will" an "eventually" are appropriate terms.

I see bows equipped with peep sights that are so large in order to accommodate a large view hole, the strain and friction-wear on the string strands has to be incredible.

I especially like the ones that are tied in at three or four sides with string strands running through the shooter's field of view.

How about those peeps that are aligned by the surgical tubing that torque the string and make a resounding "slap," when the shot is made. I have to chuckle and shake my head when a shooter using such type of peep is concerned about other small noises his or her bow is making, but never considers the noise that piece of water hose makes.

Some shooters using peeps sights on short ATA bows are faced with an additional set of problems. Because of the short string and narrow valley, some are finding that there is not enough room from the nocking point to where they need to locate the peep for their anchor. Some are also having problems seeing a complete sight hole because of the extreme angle of the short string.

What amazes me the most, are the various methods used to attempt to tie peeps in so that the peep sight will not slip. They will slip; but when they do the common cause most shooters choose to blame is string stretch. You can tie them in, you can glue them in, you can clamp them in with string nocks, or you can do all of the above. The peep sight will eventually slip.

The law of physics assures the sight will slip. Think about it. The sight is sitting inside of vertical strands of string, strands that are spread apart against an opposing and huge force while static. In other words, the string is always trying to close where you have installed the peep sight. Now you pull the string back. In accordance with draw weight, draw length, string length, etc, the increased and concentrated pressure of the string now trying to close at the area where the strands are spread, increases.

How do you keep the peep from slipping up or down? Well, of course, you apply additional pressure at the point where the strands are spread and already stressed, by clamping or binding the string as close to the peep as you can get; in an attempt to lock a horizontal wrap or clamp, around a smooth and vertical surface. Now the spread strands are opposing the force of the clamp or wrapped string. Under all the forces that are being exerted in a concentrated area, something has to eventually give.

If you tightly (cannot tie loosely) anchor the peep sight using a serving string, especially if you are using "Fast Flight" or a "Spectra" type serving string, I will tell you what can possibly fail; it will be your bow string. When you tightly wrap a strong string i.e., nylon, Fast Flight, Spectra, etc, around strands that are exerting incredible pressure outward and against the tightly wrapped string, there has to be a cutting and/or sawing force occurring at the intersection where the outward force of the strands of the bow string meet the edge of the wrapped string. The larger the peep sight, the greater the pressure being exerted,

If I can cut through a rigid plastic pipe used for underground purposes with 3-1/2 strand nylon serving or "Fast Flight" serving, what chance do the strands of your bowstring have?

So far, does not mean never!



Edited by - c903 on 09/05/2002 17:11:28