Five pin sight

[big10hunter]

I have a five pin sight and want to stretch it out to 90=100 yards. My setup shoots 290+. How are you guys setting up 5 pin sights to get max distance?

 

[elkyinzer]

Shoot your top pin into 30 and space evenly from there? I think most guys shooting those distances are using sliders but I suppose it could be done. I have 7 pins 25-85 yds but I could space mine out a little more if I wanted.

 

[Pramo]

That would be pretty much impossible with a 5 pin, take a look at the sliders like a CBE Tek hybrid and Montana Black gold Ascent. I have both and they are great sites then you can stretch the range until your vanes hit the housing.

 

[BackcountryMT]

Like elkyinzer said, you can just sight your pins in for odd distances but what's that going to do for you come season? Especially this close to season. Personally, I would just buy a new adjustable sight if I wanted to shoot that far. FWIW, at 294fps I am clearing out to 135 yards with my Black Gold verdict single pin.

 

[big10hunter]

I dont like single pin sights. right now I go 30,40,50,60,70. Wondering if 30, 45, 60, 75, 90 is to extremem?

 

[elkyinzer]

I dont like single pin sights. right now I go 30,40,50,60,70. Wondering if 30, 45, 60, 75, 90 is to extremem?

They make sliders now with multiple pins, and then typically guys will use the lowest pin as the slider for longer distances. I think I am going to go that route eventually but I haven't pulled the trigger yet.

Just shoot it and see what you get. Hell, you got some major major practicing to do if you are contemplating flinging arrows at animals those kinda distances anyway. With my setup, 15 yards amounts to a vertical difference of at least 18-24 inches at longer ranges, so you would have to compensate by aiming high when the distance is between pins.

 

[Boreal]

They make sliders now with multiple pins, and then typically guys will use the lowest pin as the slider for longer distances. I think I am going to go that route eventually but I haven't pulled the trigger yet.

Just shoot it and see what you get. Hell, you got some major major practicing to do if you are contemplating flinging arrows at animals those kinda distances anyway. With my setup, 15 yards amounts to a vertical difference of at least 18-24 inches at longer ranges, so you would have to compensate by aiming high when the distance is between pins.

This is exactly what I use. I've got a Tech Hybrid 3 pin sight. Pins are set at 20, 30, and 50. The 30 and 50 pins are fairly close, so I can gap shoot 40 well. This gives me pin coverage to 50 yards from the "home" position. The extra space around the bottom pin gives me a good sight picture for the slider. I've got this dialed out to 90. The paper goes to 110, but I haven't had that much space yet.

 

[jmharrington]

The Option sights that Dan Evans makes are the best of both worlds. I like it better than anything I've ever used.


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[5MilesBack]

I don't even stretch my 7-pin sight beyond 80 shooting 289 with a 532gr arrow. However, when I want to shoot beyond 80 I either stack pins, or I shoot my 390gr arrow that's just a tad high at 100 using my 80 yard pin.

 

[cowboy300]

Set your 1st pin as a trick pin around 50ish yards, then set pins from there for 60,70,80,90

 

[theleo91386]

The Option sights that Dan Evans makes are the best of both worlds. I like it better than anything I've ever used.


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Without going to the multi pin slider route this is your best bet. You'd need to go with the oblong housing but it should get you out to 100+ yards. I'm using an Option 6 with the 8 pin (oblong) housing on my Perfexion and the sight tape on it now get's me out to 110 yards, and yes I've practiced with it that far out. My elk shot's haven't been any further than 35 yards on elk but I enjoy practicing at long range because it shows flaws in my form. It's a spendy sight but combines the features of my Armortech sight and HHA sight that I use on other bows without needing two different sights or creating clearance issues with vanes for the long shots.

 

[d90rick]

I have a sure loc lethal weapon 5 pin. I set them to 60, then use the tool less elevation adjustment to turn the 60 pin into my "floating pin". so I have a 5 pin slider kind of. the cool thing is the sure loc uses hashes with numbers on the elevation adjustment

 

[rhendrix]

Just a thought, read the article about the "trick pin" by Darrin Copper. With your top pin as your "trick pin" you should effectively be able to use your top pin from 15 to 45 yards (or whatever it works out to) and the actual yardage the pin is (in this example we'll say 52), from there just round up to the nearest yardage from the max of you trick pin and set the rest accordingly. You are going to have to train with this though, since for the first pin you'll have to hold 12" under your target at all yardages and dead on or gapped for the remaining pins.

Your pins should wind up looking something like this:
1 - 52 yards (hypothetically lets say this covers 15 to 45 yards as long as you hold in the right spot)
2 - 60
3 - 70
4 - 80
5 - 90
Bubble - ?

Hope this helps!