sight question
#1
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From: central Illinois
I just bought the new browning illusion, and added sights ,and a whisker bisquit. I am shooting carbon arrows. The question I have is, after I sighted in to 20 yards I looked down the center of my bow string to the center of my whisker bisquit , and the sight looks like it is about 1/8 to 3/16 to the left of center. Is this normal or is my shooting form wrong?The illusion has a line on the shelf that is supposedly center , and that is where the center of my whisker bisquit and string line up. Am I worrying about nothing?
thanks for any help
thanks for any help
#3
Look from the front of the bow. If the hole for your stabilizer, the hole in the whisker biscuit, and the string all line up, you should be square. As you further out to 30 and 40 yards you will be able to tell more. If from the longer distances your shots are centered and your arrow flies straight, you should be good to go! If your pins are lined up and your shot is off either to the left or the right on the longer shots, then you need to adjust your setup.
#7
For right handed shooters the sight 99% of the time ends up slightly left of the centerline of your bow. Just oposite for left handed shooters.
This is because we all torque the bow to some degree. No one has designed a perfect bow grip yet. Some are close and some are better than others and some just plain suck. It also has to do with how a persons hand is shaped and how they "grip" the handle.
This is because we all torque the bow to some degree. No one has designed a perfect bow grip yet. Some are close and some are better than others and some just plain suck. It also has to do with how a persons hand is shaped and how they "grip" the handle.
#8
For right handed shooters the sight 99% of the time ends up slightly left of the centerline of your bow. Just oposite for left handed shooters.
#9
Some offset is also inevitable due to torque induced into the bow system from the cable guard/slide. It is offset quite a bit which pu;;s your string and cable to that side. This inevitabley causes some limb twist as the bow is drawn. Something has to counter these forces and it's usually a sight pin that is offset in the opposite direction.
I've only ever has twoi bows that things lined up just so-so, One was a 1977 Jennings Arrowstar, 4 wheel bow, which was a dream machine for accuracy. The other one is my new hunting bow, a Martin ShadowCat with the Nitrous X cam sustem on it. On this bow there is NO torque in the system unless it is put there by my shooting hand. Everything lines up right down the middle of the bow--at least according to the three laser aligners used to check it.
I've only ever has twoi bows that things lined up just so-so, One was a 1977 Jennings Arrowstar, 4 wheel bow, which was a dream machine for accuracy. The other one is my new hunting bow, a Martin ShadowCat with the Nitrous X cam sustem on it. On this bow there is NO torque in the system unless it is put there by my shooting hand. Everything lines up right down the middle of the bow--at least according to the three laser aligners used to check it.




