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Sighting in a 3 pin sight
What's the best way to sight in a 3 pin sight? I was thinking about going 10, 20, and 30 yards. What do you guys think? I'm working on the 10 yard pin now and almost have it right on. Now do I move back to 20 yards and use the second pin? Do I then adjust the individual pins instead of the whole sight? Looking for reccomendations as this is my first bow.
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RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
You can do 10, 20 and 30. Just see what the gap between your 10 and 20 yard pins are. you may be able to have 20 30 and 40.
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RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
the way i was tought it put the sight on, decide my pins i have 10-20-30 then stand then try your top pin of its low try the next if still low try the 3rd but if its high i would adjust the gang adjusment if you have 1 if not move your top pin, shoot adjust... next pin shoot adjust. ......
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RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
Depending on the bow you shoot a 10yrd pin is not needed with my bow which is only has an ibo at 305fps and I shoot 2413 XX75 arrows my 1st pin is basically dead on from 1 to 20yrds So if I were you I would start at 20yrds for a first pin and maybe go 2nd pin at 30-35yrds it all depends. you don't want your pins to close together and at the moment of truth when you draw back and its a little dark out and you can't pick your pins apart. sorry for rambling. Good luck
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RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
If you need a 10 yard pin then you have a really really slow bow. With any bow newer than 10 years old you should be able to sight the first pin in for 20 yards and find your point of impact at 10 yards is only about 1" high. If you have a bow shooting anywhere near 280fps then you should be able to set the first pin at 25 yards, 2nd pin at 35 yards and so on. Otherwise it's usually 20, 30, 40 yards with gapping for the 5 yard increments.
Now for hunting it's a different story. I set a single pin for 25 yards and leave it at that. It takes care of anything between 5 yards and 30 yards with a mid-body hold. No matter the range, if it's under 30 yards just aim and shoot. |
RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
excellent point Bgfisher I'm going to try that and see how it works for me. The less pins the better the line of sight.
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RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
I'm all for using less pins for hunting especially with the faster bows.
My setup only shoots about 220 fps so I have some drop, but the difference in point of impact between my 20 yd pin and any point out to 20 yards is less than 3", assuming I'm not shiverring too bad when I let go of the string. :D I like to have a second pin on my hunting sight though. I can set it one of 2 ways. I either set it to be dead-on at my max shooting distance, say 35 or 40 yards, so I can prorate the distance between the pins and get a more exact aiming point on an animal that is between 20 yards and my max range. The other way I like to use it is to set the pin so that the vertical distance between the pins is equal to the vertical distance between a deer's chest adn back when he's at my max range. That way, if he looks too small in the sight, I know he's too far away. |
RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
Thanks for the great advice guys. I'm right on with zero drop up to 20 yards with the top pin. I haven't gone any further than 20 yds up to this point. Thanks again. This place is the best source of info. I'm sure I'll be along with more questions.
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RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
I would set a three pin sight at 20, 30 and 40. You may never need a 40 yard pin, but using the gap between the pins you will have accurate setting form 25 and 35 yards and I'm sure this will be in your capability, if not now, in the near future. You're 20 yard pin will shoot 1" high at 15 yards. That's no big deal, unless your shooting squirrels.:D
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RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
if you had a traget at 5 yrd dont you use your 40 yrd pin ? this has happened to me at a 3d shoot
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RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
I dropped down to a three pin sight after hearing what bgfisher said{I had five}. The new sight required me to set my middle pin first by adjusting the whole scope, then set the other two with micro adjust. I set them at 20-30-40. I found that I am really accurate out to 45 yards, and my field of vision is a lot less obstructed, thank you BGFisher.
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RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
Your Welcome, Peebles
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RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
ORIGINAL: duckman1 if you had a traget at 5 yrd dont you use your 40 yrd pin ? this has happened to me at a 3d shoot No, not five yards. Five feet or so. Actually I was checking mine last year (the bow is shooting 282fps) and I used my 25 yard pin to hit dead on at 5 yards. Really what I what I sis was set the sight for 25 yards and then shoot all the other yardages in five yard increments out to 30 yards to see where my POI was at each of those yardages. So set at 25 yards I was dead on at 5 yards, 10 and 15 was about 1" or less high, 1 1/2" high at 20 yards and about 2" low at 30 yards. I should have put it in my log what the speeds were, too. I had set my chrono in front of each target to see what speeds were at the respective yardages. Brain Fart. |
RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
ORIGINAL: Bulzeye I'm all for using less pins for hunting especially with the faster bows. My setup only shoots about 220 fps so I have some drop, but the difference in point of impact between my 20 yd pin and any point out to 20 yards is less than 3", assuming I'm not shiverring too bad when I let go of the string. :D I like to have a second pin on my hunting sight though. I can set it one of 2 ways. I either set it to be dead-on at my max shooting distance, say 35 or 40 yards, so I can prorate the distance between the pins and get a more exact aiming point on an animal that is between 20 yards and my max range. The other way I like to use it is to set the pin so that the vertical distance between the pins is equal to the vertical distance between a deer's chest adn back when he's at my max range. That way, if he looks too small in the sight, I know he's too far away. I have mine set as BG recommended but I've never given a thought to using a pin setup for a yardage marker. That's worth a look. |
RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
Using pins set as a range finder? Decent idea. I got a problem though. I have a Real Deal on my bow and the speed is such that I only have about 1/4" between my 20 and 40 yard pins. And ther is a 30 yarder stuffed in between. Now what? Guess I'll just have to shoot a single pin.
By the way, I've set a pin on this bow for 25 yards and the spread from 20 yards to 30 yards is just about 2 1/4". Of course this is a 3D rig. |
RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
Brain Fart. |
RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
Well BG,
It sounds like you're shooting flat enough to not have to worry about estimating yardage too much, at least for hunting in the woods. If you want to try the yardage marker thing, just shoot a slower bow, like mine. In fact, how about a trade. hmmm? ;) |
RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
Bulzeye,
Been there and done that with the slower bows. I guess I shouldn't say slow. Just not as fast. My other OLD bow of two years ago was shooting right at 260fps which is decent for 27" draw and 60#. Now I have my SlayR and it shoots the same arrow a tad over 280fps at 53#, so you can see there is no going back. And even when I was shooting the SLOW BOW I shot a single pin and held the middle of the chest on anything within 30 yards. It just isn't rocket science. For hunting I try to keep things simple. |
RE: Sighting in a 3 pin sight
For hunting I try to keep things simple. Just figured since I had a decent arc, I might as well use it. ;):D |
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