sight problem
03-23-2007, 03:46 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Georgia
Posts: 249
sight problem
i was just wondering if sights can just move on their own? i bought a new one, sighted in and was shooting bullseyes left and right. then a few days of that then all of a sudden my arrows started shootin high and left and i shot and shot and they all kept going like that, so then i resighted it in. basically i was just wondering whats going on.
03-23-2007, 03:50 PM
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blissfield MI USA
Posts: 5,293
RE: sight problem
Sometimes things can shift. Check to make sure everything is tight on your sight and rest when stuff like this happens. Could also be your string stretching or something.
It could also very easily be you. Having an inconsistant anchor point or grip will effect your impact points greatly sometimes.
Could have also been your nocking point on your string moved.
Paul
It could also very easily be you. Having an inconsistant anchor point or grip will effect your impact points greatly sometimes.
Could have also been your nocking point on your string moved.
Paul
03-23-2007, 05:17 PM
#3
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Kodiak, AK
Posts: 2,877
RE: sight problem
Like Paul said, could be a lot of things. First thing I'd check is the serving on the string to make sure it didn't break or slip, then the rest, then the sight. That's assuming that it's not you because of inconsistant form issues.
03-23-2007, 06:07 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Idaho
Posts: 2,072
RE: sight problem
If you find out that you may be half peeping, it may be beneficial to size your peep so that you can center the whole sight housing.
I had this same issue a couple of weeks ago at an indoor marked yardage tournament. I could not center the housing because of the lighting. It messed with me all day, I painted the lens ring and had no problems the following weekend down in Nevada with centering as I painted the ring. Just a little can mean being a couple of yards off.
I have experimented with half peeping on pins to get my in between yardages and know the effect it can have when your are not centered.....
Try centering the housing on every shot and see what happens......
I had this same issue a couple of weeks ago at an indoor marked yardage tournament. I could not center the housing because of the lighting. It messed with me all day, I painted the lens ring and had no problems the following weekend down in Nevada with centering as I painted the ring. Just a little can mean being a couple of yards off.
I have experimented with half peeping on pins to get my in between yardages and know the effect it can have when your are not centered.....
Try centering the housing on every shot and see what happens......
03-24-2007, 05:54 PM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Posts: 166
RE: sight problem
You would be suprised at the little things that will mess with your sights. Any little thing can screw them up. Once when I was waxing my string I moved the silencers on the string and the cable and was off like 6" after that. I have had things come lose on me when shooting. So now when I start shooting bad I stop and take a look at all the scews and give everything a push to see if it is tight.
