Axcel landslyde 3 pin .19 vs .10

[The big greasy]

I guess I’ve narrowed it down to the Axcel landslyde 3 pin. I’ve looked at both size pins on another brand but can’t decide on which size to go. Will hunt a little with it, but mostly targets out to 100 yards. Always used the iq 19 sight with .19, but never shot much past 40 yard.

 

[Sbird2019]

For target, lighting tends to be a little better / more consistent, or at least more fair weather friendly. If accuracy is more important than visibility, 0.010 pins are going to be more accurate. At distance, especially depending on how far your sight is from your riser, 0.019 pins can cover the entire ring / dot that you’re aiming at, so a finer pin, the further the distance, is ideal.

With a 3 pin, perhaps if you can customize the pins, or replace the fiber yourself, you could do your top 1 or 2 pins in 0.019, and then your middle and or just the last pin in 0.010.

Odds are, if you’re shooting targets, you’ll have time to range and you’ll either be close enough where 0.019 top pin won’t cover your whole target ring / dot, or you’ll need to use a lower pin or dial anyway so you can use a finer pin
Similarly, if it’s getting to low light in a hunting scenario where you can’t really see a 0.010 pin, you probably won’t be taking long range shots. Usually it’ll be close enough to use a bigger pin or hopefully you’ll have time to dial down and use a bigger pin.

Just my 2 cents

 

[The big greasy]

For target, lighting tends to be a little better / more consistent, or at least more fair weather friendly. If accuracy is more important than visibility, 0.010 pins are going to be more accurate. At distance, especially depending on how far your sight is from your riser, 0.019 pins can cover the entire ring / dot that you’re aiming at, so a finer pin, the further the distance, is ideal.

With a 3 pin, perhaps if you can customize the pins, or replace the fiber yourself, you could do your top 1 or 2 pins in 0.019, and then your middle and or just the last pin in 0.010.

Odds are, if you’re shooting targets, you’ll have time to range and you’ll either be close enough where 0.019 top pin won’t cover your whole target ring / dot, or you’ll need to use a lower pin or dial anyway so you can use a finer pin
Similarly, if it’s getting to low light in a hunting scenario where you can’t really see a 0.010 pin, you probably won’t be taking long range shots. Usually it’ll be close enough to use a bigger pin or hopefully you’ll have time to dial down and use a bigger pin.

Just my 2 cents

Thanks for the reply, the sight I’m looking to buy is all .19 or all .10 pin size as I do not want to do the custom order stuff for both pin sizes in one. I live where I have to prefer this sight because no one has one near me. Ive never looked at these excel sights, so I don’t know how bright the .10 would be opposed to the .19. I shot the IQ sight and the pins were always bright at .19, but want the adjustability of the landslyde.

 

[Sbird2019]

Thanks for the reply, the sight I’m looking to buy is all .19 or all .10 pin size as I do not want to do the custom order stuff for both pin sizes in one. I live where I have to prefer this sight because no one has one near me. Ive never looked at these excel sights, so I don’t know how bright the .10 would be opposed to the .19. I shot the IQ sight and the pins were always bright at .19, but want the adjustability of the landslyde.

Are sight lights allowed where you live? For target shooting, if you do sanctioned events I’d check that too, but if memory serves correctly, the end of the sight rod in the landslyde is threaded and can receive a screw in sight light that could help with pin illumination

Probably more important to check legality for hunting purposes, as states are hit and miss with what they consider Illuminating game or electronics

 

[The big greasy]

Are sight lights allowed where you live? For target shooting, if you do sanctioned events I’d check that too, but if memory serves correctly, the end of the sight rod in the landslyde is threaded and can receive a screw in sight light that could help with pin illumination

Probably more important to check legality for hunting purposes, as states are hit and miss with what they consider Illuminating game or electronics

Not sure, I will check. I’m not a fan of having a light on my sight. Wish I could see the different between the .19 and .10

 

[Trumpkin The Dwarf]

I have a Black Gold I bought second hand, and the slder pin is my 40, but it's a .10 instead of .19 like the rest, and I hate that pin when shooting distance. You need to be looking through the pin at the target anyways, and letting the pin float. That .10 washes out in midday light, and is harder to see in grey light too.

 

[3forks]

For target, lighting tends to be a little better / more consistent, or at least more fair weather friendly. If accuracy is more important than visibility, 0.010 pins are going to be more accurate. At distance, especially depending on how far your sight is from your riser, 0.019 pins can cover the entire ring / dot that you’re aiming at, so a finer pin, the further the distance, is ideal.

With a 3 pin, perhaps if you can customize the pins, or replace the fiber yourself, you could do your top 1 or 2 pins in 0.019, and then your middle and or just the last pin in 0.010.

Odds are, if you’re shooting targets, you’ll have time to range and you’ll either be close enough where 0.019 top pin won’t cover your whole target ring / dot, or you’ll need to use a lower pin or dial anyway so you can use a finer pin
Similarly, if it’s getting to low light in a hunting scenario where you can’t really see a 0.010 pin, you probably won’t be taking long range shots. Usually it’ll be close enough to use a bigger pin or hopefully you’ll have time to dial down and use a bigger pin.

Just my 2 cents

My thoughts are the same…

To the OP, I have a Landslyde and have two 5 pin scopes. One scope has .19 pins and one with .10 pins.

I prefer the .10 pins for both 3D and hunting… low light with the .10 pins haven’t been an issue, but the .19 pins will be brighter.

I had previously shot custom Black Gold scopes with .19 for the top two pins and .10s for the bottom three. Axcel advises that changing fiber diameter/color can be challenging, but they will change the fibers for you if you send your scope in (cheap and fast turn around from what I’ve been told by others who did it), but I never did it because the .10 pins work for me.

On my target bows, I have shot .15 fiber and found it pretty about optimal. I asked Axcel why they don’t offer a .15 pin option, and they said while they have a ton of people asking for it, they have no plans to make .15 available.

 

[The big greasy]

So I’ve always shot .19 pins. Can someone help me if that .10 is good for long range, why do some like .19 for close range? Does it get lost at close targets?

 

[streetdoctor]

If you’re shooting to 100 hands down no question .010 and put it on a 6” dovetail.

People like .019 because their eyes suck or the shoot white tail at 20 yards in the dark.

 

[RiversideHunter]

I think color matters too, I hear of a lot of target guys shooting blue pins. My black gold has the top pin .19 green, second pin .1 yellow, third pin/floater .1 green. I like it and mostly hunt whitetails. I practice out to 65 regularly. I just don’t think you can be as accurate with .19.