Adjustable gang pin sight vs fixed pin

[craig Holland]

I was in Wyoming this year on an elk hunt and the opputunites I had were quick . I have a 6 pin black gold fixed good to 70, the trade off going to adjustable would be time but increased precision on accuracy. What do most experienced elk hunters like. I am kinda biases to the black gold stuff. Also adjustable a little more weight. But is it worth it?

 

[5MilesBack]

I've been using my SH 7-pin Hunter for over 10 years now. As long as I know the exact distance I can be very accurate with the fixed pins. It's the unknown distances beyond 40 that are tricky, but those will be the same tricky even with a slider sight......and even less time to estimate if I also had to fumble around with my sight as well.

 

[Pgohil]

I've ran a slider for the last 10 years as an eastern whitetail Hunter. However for my Idaho elk hunt I swapped to a 5 pin fixed. Was definitely an adjustment period, but I worked with it all summer and like it now.
If you have time to range and adjust each shot, a slider will be a bit more accurate, but you never know when you will or won't use time to adjust. And I've screwed up a few shots on target because in forgot to adjust the slider.

Pros and cons to each, but boils down to personal preference.

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[Gumbo]

I run a six pin MBG slider. I can practice at long range and not have to worry about moving my sight when hunting, it is the best of both worlds. There is absolutely no way I would consider having a single or double pin slider for hunting, that is just way too much to mess with when a shot presents itself. And really, since every pin moves on a slider you can still dial a multi pin setup to a relatively precise yardage. If I have a 45 yard shot I can slide my bottom pin (the one that the tape corresponds to, 70 in my case) to about 73-74 and my 40 yard pin is now set for a 45 yard shot. I rarely do this because gap shooting is way quicker, but it works if you really want to hold a pin directly on target. It's a trick I figured out a few years ago, although surprisingly I've never heard of anyone else doing it. The only thing you have to consider is that the gaps between pins gets progressively wider at each 10-yard increment, hence moving the 70 down to only 73-74 for a 45 yard shot. So for a 65 yard shot I'd move my 70 to 74-75. And I pretty much always gap shoot 20-30 because the gap is minimal. It isn't perfect, but gets your pin within a yard or so of perfect.