Fixed Pin Sights

[Inner-10]

I was recently looking at new lines of fixed pin sights. Tropyh ridge had a unique line of vertical pin sights,it seemed like a nest idea, but i was worried that it would be hard to line up your pin on the target to get an accurate shot (height wise). Does anybody have expierence with one/ opinion.?

thanks,

[deadeye]

I have one on my hunting bow. I like it, very bright at low light. Can't see the level worth a ****. On my 3-d bow I use Copper John dead nuts pro III. I like this one better, you can see the level and can also put a light on it. It's very important to me to see my level after all who has good form when you hunting?

[Inner-10]

I find that the level only helps if your shooting long distances (causes the arrow to curl); I dont seem to use the level all that much on my toxonics sharpshooter, after making sure im doing everything right the level is the last thing on my mind.

[Reed]

I would agree that the dead nuts pro 3 is a better site.
IMHO the best fixed pin site right know is the Spot hog sight. The only problem is that it is very expensive.
The best site that I wish I still had was the Advanced archery Speed Pro. Best sight made period.

Reed

[Inner-10]

The spot-hogg sights seem very well made, but i think the designe of the pins comming in on different angles would take some getting use to. The dead nuts 3 also looks like a well made sight but I much prefer the microadjust designe, the simple aluminum clamp on the stem/ with a hex bolt ; i find to be a pain in the ass. Im still drawne to the trophy ridge because of its "no tools" setup.

[Eberbachl]

Hi guys, I've done a review on two different Hoyt pin sights.

Check out the reviews here: http://www.dva.asn.au/reviews/

:bday:

[OldDog]

Up until a couple of years ago the hoyt sight was king but they have been over taken by the likes of spothogg, trophy ridge etc, surelok has a very nice new pinsight out now but I think it might be surelok price as well.

[Inner-10]

I just looke at the sure-loc sight, looks damn good and the spotthog is pretty nice but 180 american for a pin sight! I cant seem to find the advanced archery speed pro that Reed was talking about. And is the deadnuts 3 expensive? Does anybody know if the sureloc is pricy(its a good bet that it is)?

[deadeye]

I bought my deadnuts 3 at eders for 80.00 us.

[Inner-10]

Thats a pretty good price deadeye, but i don't like how the windage adjustment works, just the clamp with hexbolt, no "micro ajust" like the sure-loc or spotthogg. But i still like the no tools aspect of the trophy ridge.

[Reed]

Advance turned into Archers Choice. Since then they have decent hunting non micro sights but nothing that I would call high performance.

Reed

[Inner-10]

Yeah, all im really looking for is a good pin sight with microadjust (im fet up with the lousy aluminum clamp with hex bolt, and so far Spot-hogg and sure-loc are the only sights that have mircoadjust for windage and elevation.

[Inner-10]

I noticed that the cobra eclips sight has mircoadjust for w&e, and seems to suite my needs nicely, but I was wondering wether an adjustable extinsion bar is necessary; I rarly take a shot in excess of 50 yards.

[Tony Knight]

I agree with the silver Fox the sure lock pin sight is the best pin sight I have seen has some advantages over the Spot Hog but does come with the price as well it only come standard with 4 pins and the extra pin will cost you about $60 $70 extra putting the price approx $370 Aussie each pin is fully micro adjust as you would expect from sure lock it is also IFAA legal which the spot hog is not

[matt]

G'day Inner-10, I have been using the trophyridge sights now for over a year ,only hunting it gets treated fairly rough in the bush most weekends , and i have found it to be a great sight for hunting,sure you can get better for big $$ but for hunting ya can't go wrong with a trophyridge sight.....matt

[Inner-10]

Well boys, I made up my mind and bought the trophy ridge matrix. Ive been using it for over a week now, and it works great, the W&E adjustment seem to be a fairly positive lock and the pin adjustment is beautiful, NO TOOLS! My only complaints are a) pins are straight, I would prefer the thinner pins with 'bulge' heads (like this -----o, instead of this ===o) b) yes the level is hard to see, im gonna try to find a way to illuminate it c) no extension bar, and no microadjust. But other than that its a great sight. Right now im trying to find a way to add an electric light, instead of using expensive glow sticks. Im thinking of wireing 2 LED's in series and attatching them to a 9v, and sliding them in the provided holes. :)

[Eberbachl]

Hi Inner-10,

I think you may find each LED only requires about 1.8V, so if you are going to use 9V you might need to look at a resistor in the mix also...

Cheers,

Luke.

[Inner-10]

Luke, ive yet to look into that but I think there are many different types avalible. Althought I did nuke my last led's using 6v, o well ill see what happens, good thing there cheap!

[Eberbachl]

I think you'll find about a 220 ohm resistor behind the LED will work just fine mate. You can start with a higher resistance (which will make the LED dull) and ork your way down to a lower resistance to get the desired brightness.

If you really want to get fancy, put in a variable resistor (potentiometer) and you have a brightness knob you can turn up or down :wink:

[OldDog]

You'll end up looking like r2d2 :D :D

[Inner-10]

Thanks for that advice luke, I will have to look into this variable resistor; maby i will just use a different battery arrangement, my friend found some light-up toys (no not sheep) that use and LED and come with a couple watch sized batteries wired nicly. Maby il just smash up a few and try to shovem in my sight, hell the best part is there only a buck a piece! :D

[Callon]

it is also IFAA legal which the spot hog is not

Hi Tony, please excuse my ignorance :oops: but can you please explain to me why the spot hog is not IFAA legal? My hubby has one on his bow and hoped to do some IFAA later on. By the sounds of this he will have to use a different pin sight though?

[Inner-10]

Hmmm, im not sure im assumming its becasue of the extension bar legnth, but id have to check the rules.

[Oldaro]

Hi, all ... Inner-10

I recently bought a TruGlo model that has been produced in 2000, and now is kind of outdated. There are 5-pin and 3-pin models; you can add pins all you like; they are standard sight pins with 0.19 or 0.23 light fibers that you can buy practically everywhere.

The pins go into the two angled slots so that all tips meet in the same vertical line, but because of the slot angles you can put them so close together that the pin points touch.

The pinguard is one piece with the slot rail, with cut out portions to let the light in on all sides. The construction is all metal, nothing to vibrate apart or corrode. There are no micro adjustment mechanisms, only two hex screws to set and fix the windage and general elevation; and then there are only the pins to set. Counting the screws, the whole thing mounted on your bow has seven parts, plus pins.

The model works just as well as it did in the year 2000. :D

And this is also a rational way to shop: not always is the newest also the best! But inevitably, the prices of former products get lower.

[Reed]

Callon, I am not sure on the specific rule but I wold assume the sight is not legal due to the fact that it has a level on it.

Reed