Multipin Slider(slide what pin?)

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I recently picked up an Axcel Accutouch 5 pin slider.

My question is once I have my 5 pins set(I am using them for 20-60 yards), which pin is ideal to use for the floater and why?

My initial thoughts are to use the 40 yard(middle) pin because it is about center of the housing and is the only pin of that color so it's an easy one to focus on.

Any feedback on guys with similar setups is appreciated. This is my first slider and a world of difference from the little axion hunting sight I had prior.

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I use the middle pin on three pin sliders.

With the middle pin as the floater when set at below 50 my above and below are 10 yards. When I float over 50 ish they become 5 yards.
 
Middle for me on a 3 pin. If I had a 5 pin, I'd float the bottom though. Less obstruction and you'll achieve more distance before fletching contact.

Mess around with different configurations: remove pins, swap colors, mess with which pin you center in the housing... You'll find what works best for you!

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I use my bottom pin. Because in the heat of the moment I’m not sure I would remember which pin to use if I didn’t set up the bottom pin as the “slider.”

I say if you wanted to try the middle pin set it up and try it for a while. If you don’t like it after a while it should be easy to change which pin you use as your slider.
 
Thanks for all the feedback guys. I'll give the bottom and middle a try when I get it stretch out that far.

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Do you "zero" the sight at the top? The highest it will go? If you do that, and use your bottom pin as the floater you will likely have to gap shoot at anything under the range of that bottom pin. I like to dial to the yard.

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Do you "zero" the sight at the top? The highest it will go? If you do that, and use your bottom pin as the floater you will likely have to gap shoot at anything under the range of that bottom pin. I like to dial to the yard.

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I'm not quite sure I'm following you bud.

My top pin is as far up in the housing at it will go and I havent been able to set my 60 pin yet but it will likely be almost maxed to the bottom.

I plan on making an adjustment tomorrow by moving the entire housing down to the bottom set of holes(in the middle now) which should allow me to move the slider back up some in turn giving me more room to dial down and a bigger yardage range when floating the bottom pin correct?

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Is your slider slid to the very top though with a positive stop? I send my whole slider to the very top so that I can quickly get back home to zero if needed. Because I do this, if I wanted to use my bottom pin as the floater I would have to gap shoot if I wanted to take a crack at 25 yards since my pins are 20, 30,40. If you dedicate your top pin as the floater you could dial to the exact yard for anything 20+ or whatever or top pin is set to.

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Oh I gotcha now bud.

Once my 20 yard pin is set I move one of my accuclicks so it basically works the same as how you have yours topped out.

That's a good idea with the top pin and once get everything set and get the right sight tape I could still do that if I wanted to.

May end up using a little of both with the bottom pin for longer stuff. I could always put a second sight tape pointer thingy, one at 20 and one at 60 on the tape mark. Then I could use the top of bottom pin if I'm thinking right? Only drawback is I think I would have to choose between using accuclicks and being able to find tune dial everything. I'd have to set a few up and see how far it jumps in yardage from being clicked into the detent and out.

My general idea is to use pins and gap shoot up to 60 for hunting stuff when you dont have time to dial but now I have a couple options to think about.

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Yep that's actually what I am doing..2 pointers so you don't forsake the extra range you'd get with the bottom pin but still able to dial to the exact yard.

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Yep that's actually what I am doing..2 pointers so you don't forsake the extra range you'd get with the bottom pin but still able to dial to the exact yard.

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Pointer thingy*...... I'll let it slide this time.

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Is your slider slid to the very top though with a positive stop? I send my whole slider to the very top so that I can quickly get back home to zero if needed. Because I do this, if I wanted to use my bottom pin as the floater I would have to gap shoot if I wanted to take a crack at 25 yards since my pins are 20, 30,40. If you dedicate your top pin as the floater you could dial to the exact yard for anything 20+ or whatever or top pin is set to.

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I think one thing that is overlooked with multi-pin sliders is that all the pins move when you dial. Because of this you can dial to any in-between (gap) yardage by dialing down the sight the number of yards (minus a couple yard "fudge" factor) that you need to add to a pin. In other words, dialing your rover pin down 5 yards will add a little more than 5 yards to all your other pins too. For example, if you have a 5-pin slider (set for 20-60) and want to dial for a 45 yard shot then all you have to do is slide your 60 yard pin down to about 64 yards and your 40 yard pin will now be at about 45 yards. The reason you dial to 64 instead of 65 is because the gap between 60 and 70 is larger than the gap between 40 and 50 so you have to compensate slightly. Another example would be to dial to 37 yards you would dial your 60 yard pin to about 65 and your 30 yard pin will be at about 37. Clearly it isn't perfect, but it will get you within a yard or two of the perfect distance. With a little practice and an understanding of your "fudge" factor you can be deadly accurate and efficient using this trick and still have your tape set to maximize shooting distance because your bottom pin is set to correspond to the tape.

But, I almost exclusively do this on the range, gap shooting out to 70 yards (I shoot a 6-pin) has been plenty precise enough for me in a hunting situation.
 
I think one thing that is overlooked with multi-pin sliders is that all the pins move when you dial. Because of this you can dial to any in-between (gap) yardage by dialing down the sight the number of yards (minus a couple yard "fudge" factor) that you need to add to a pin. In other words, dialing your rover pin down 5 yards will add a little more than 5 yards to all your other pins too. For example, if you have a 5-pin slider (set for 20-60) and want to dial for a 45 yard shot then all you have to do is slide your 60 yard pin down to about 64 yards and your 40 yard pin will now be at about 45 yards. The reason you dial to 64 instead of 65 is because the gap between 60 and 70 is larger than the gap between 40 and 50 so you have to compensate slightly. Another example would be to dial to 37 yards you would dial your 60 yard pin to about 65 and your 30 yard pin will be at about 37. Clearly it isn't perfect, but it will get you within a yard or two of the perfect distance. With a little practice and an understanding of your "fudge" factor you can be deadly accurate and efficient using this trick and still have your tape set to maximize shooting distance because your bottom pin is set to correspond to the tape.

But, I almost exclusively do this on the range, gap shooting out to 70 yards (I shoot a 6-pin) has been plenty precise enough for me in a hunting situation.
This was kinda my first thought but the idea of two "pointer thingys" will allow me to dial all the way in to any range using either the top or bottom pin accordingly.

I'm thinking I'll only end up using the one accuclick for my "zero" spot that I'll shoot 90% of the time.

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I like my Axcel site but wish the pins were more durable. Shot the fixed pins for many years before switching to the slider. Thy are very Veteran friendly. I also have the BG Pure Gold which I also like. E
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ach has a few positives and negatives. After experimenting with a couple different configurations I went with floating the bottom pin on my 3 pin scope. With my setup, a Triax shooting Spartan 250s that weigh 515 grains at 267 FPS, it works well. With the third pin floating I can dial it in for any yardage between 20 and 100. I can actually go below the 100 yard mark and estimate 110 before my fletching makes contact with the scope which is fine because I don’t shoot past 100 yards for practice or about 70 for hunting. If I want to shoot any specific yardage and have time to dial it in I can.
As you can see in the pic the yardage indicator is set on forty, the two top pins are 30 and 20. This is how I set it when tree stand hunting. When I am out west I set the yardage indicator/floater at 50. The next pin up is dead on at 40 and the top pin is 2 inches low at 30. I do this because I feel the most likely shot distance will be between 30-50 and if longer than 50 I will have more time to dial in the range.
If I get lucky and have a bull come in very close, I know where to hold with that top pin to hit where I want. Last years bull was at 32 yards and this setup worked perfectly.



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