Peep Sight Problems
 

I've got a problem with my peep: The stupid thing is pulled to the side instead of straight because the tube is tied to the cable. It's really noticable and annoying.

What do you think I should do? I could buy a g5 meta-peep, but I'd probably still have alignment problems. I don't really want a hind sight. What would you suggest?

RE: Peep Sight Problems
 

take your bow to a pro shop and let em fix it fo ya.... get rid of the tubing!

RE: Peep Sight Problems
 

Take off the tubing and put on a speed nock. You will be happy.

RE: Peep Sight Problems
 

Get a Fletcher peep and ditch the tubing.

RE: Peep Sight Problems
 

How would I keep that type of sight aligned?

Do I need a loop? Would the tru speed nok work without? Now I shoot 29" with out a loop. I don't really want to screw around with my anchor point and such again.

Edit: Say I didn't serve the peep in perfectly straight or it twisted a little so a speed nok would have to twist the string a little to line it up. If I use a drop away rest, would the string untwist and the nok affect the arrow?

RE: Peep Sight Problems
 

I use a Fletcher peep and keeping thepeep aligned is not an issue if you have a quality string. That is the starting point. After shooting in the string,( I use strings by Gibblet aka Bucknasty), install the peep and you shouldn't have any more rotation problems. If you have a lower quality string you will continue to have peep problems. The more the string creeps the more your peep will get twisted, and the more you will have to adjust.

RE: Peep Sight Problems
 

All right, thanks.

My bow is pretty cheap and has stock strings. I've had it for a while and I don't know if the strings will stretch any more. There is only a little creep, but it shouldn't matter much if I keep a good anchor point.

Would I be okay with a speed nok?

RE: Peep Sight Problems
 

Sorry to ask again, but I'd really like to know if the tru speed nok would affect the arrow if the peep is not served perfectly and the nok would have to twist the string to line up the peep. Would the string untwist during the shot and would the nok twist the arrow with it?

Thanks

RE: Peep Sight Problems
 

I really don't know about the speed nock. Never had to fiddle with such things. Adjusting the peep so it rotates perfectly square to your eye everytime is a pain in the neck and it can be a real test of either your patience or your cussin' vocabulary - or both - but it's very much worth the time and effort to do it.

Even the guys who use the rubber tubes SHOULD adjust the peep to rotate right. The tube shouldn't be there for anything more than insurance. Most of 'em though have the rubber pulling so hard on the peep to get it aligned that it torques the string and causes tuning problems.

RE: Peep Sight Problems
 

ok thanks.

So I should probably use a bow press to do this. A string separator would probably damage the string. I bet I could make a ratchet-loc type bow press that would work well enough.

I guess I could just buy a longer tube and tie it to my riser too.

I might use a speed nok anyway, unless my string does twist while I draw

RE: Peep Sight Problems
 

Another question if anyone cares:

My bow (Reflex [hoyt] Excursion - really cheap but it kills deer) has a fairly large brace height (I think, ~9") and the cables and cable slides move a lot. I have a drop away rest that doesn't need a lot of movement to set it. So what I have is a lot of slack in the drop away rest cord when the bow isn't drawn. I think it sometimes hits the arrow. Is there anything I can do about it?

TUNING PEEP
 

Ok peeps, (PUNNY AIN'T IT[:'(]?)
I've bought a fletcher peep.

Now, I'm installing it.
To get it to turn right, do I:
[ul][*]twist/untwist the string
[/ul]or[ul][*]split the strands (My string is split into two strands, like a zebra type string) like so one half and a smaller strand from the other half is on the same side?[/ul]
Thankee

P-P-P-PLEASE (It's not as noobish)
 

Please? I hate to bump, but nobody is looking at this thread anymore as it reaks with noobishness.
I hate to up the thread, but it's better than making another thread. I've even searched google and the site and everything.

I just wanna know the best way to get a fletcher peep to line up. Twist the whole string or split the smaller strands (on a zebra type 2 sections of strands) string?

Will twisting the string throw the bow out of tune, or just maybe change the nock point and draw length a few mm?

RE: P-P-P-PLEASE (It's not as noobish)
 

If it is off by a lot ,90 degrees or more , I would twist it. But if it is off just a little then I would change strands around on the peep for the small adjustments

let it die
 

OK thanks.

Now I'll let it die.

I just wasn't sure if it was ok to separate the strands from their half of the string.

if i'm not clear- you know how the bowstring is like two separate strands of even smaller strands wrapped up, I didn't know if you had to put one of the strands on one side or if you could move a mini-strand to the opposite side to get it to twist correctly.

RE: let it die
 

It's just a matter of luck whether or not your peep turns properly when it's sandwiched between the two main color bundles. It doesn't always work out that way. We're often required to split several strands of the odd color into the other color bundles. You must make the peep rotate right and you do whatever it takes.

A few guidelines... If you need to turn the peep a lot (1/2 turn or more), twist the top end of the string (it's closest to the peep and will have the most effect). If you need a 1/4 turn, twist the bottom end. Then when you get close you make fine adjustments by moving individual strands. Just move the same number of strands on both sides of the peep to keep the peep centered in the string.

RE: let it die
 

Well I think I'll get a new string. Mine has a few small rips and is frayed in some places. Puls it's a cheap factory string which sucks. After I twist the string it takes at least 20 shots to settle.

Do I get new cables as well? I'd need the buss, yolk, and control cables (Hoyt cam&1/2) and the factory specs. I guess I'll have give 'em a call because reflex and hoyt don't have old tuning charts or email addys.

RE: let it die
 

FYI - I have sure been pleased with the Winner's Choice string I put on my Hoyt.

RE: let it die
 

I am a Reflex dealer if you have trouble getting your string let me know.