How do you sight in new sights on a compound bow?

Answer 1

Answermost sights come with detailed instructions on how to sight a bow assuming your buying good sights. also you can take it down to your local Archery club or bow store and ask them to show you how to sight it

There is no need to take it back to the shop. Attach it to your bow which it will definitely tell you how to in the instructions then just shoot. If the arrows go high move the sight up if they go down move it down and same for left and right.

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Most compound bows have 2 parts attached to a bow that are used to aim with. The 1st part is called the peep site and is a small piece of plastic with a hole in it. This is attached to the string and it is critical to have it in the correct location.

To set the peep site - draw your bow back with your eyes closed and use your normal anchor point for your release hand. I use the back of my jaws when shooting with a release. Then open your shooting eye and you will be able to see if the peep has to move up or down on the string.

Most sights mounted to the riser of the bow have a round outer plastic frame. line this outer round plastic frame with the small hole located in the peep site on the string after you have drawn back the bow. I will always set the tip of my nose on the string when looking through the peep.

Bowequipped.com has a whole page of shooting tips if you are new to archery.

Different sights have different numbers of pins and can put you in separate classes if you shoot in competion.

Most high powered bows have very little varience between 0 and 20 yards so most archers set their top pin at 20 yards. Then every 10 yards after that so the 2nd pin is 30 yards and so on until all have been set.

The old rule of thumb when adjusting pins as stated above is

Follow the arrow.

If you shoot 6 arrows and the grouping is to high, raise the pin. If you shoot 6 arrows and the grouping is to low, lower the pin. If you shoot 6 arrows and the grouping is to to the right, move the pin right. If you shoot 6 arrows and the grouping is to to the left, move the pin left.

All the pins should be in a perfect vertical line up and down. Some sights come with a small wire straight down the middle of the site.

Once set you should be good to go with 1 final note. Say you break a D-Loop or knock point on your string. Most sites have ajustments to move the whole site up/down and left/right. Make sure your fletchings on your arrows clear the sites.

Answer 2

Since pellets drop fairly quickly, you have to sight in a pellet gun for a particular distance (say 50 feet) and adjust the sights to hit the bulls eye at that distance. If you shoot closer or farther you will have to shoot lower or higher accordingly.

Answer 3

If you are shooting to the left of the bull-adjust your pin to the left. Same fur height-If your shooting high on the bull adjust pin higher.Always adjust your sights in the same direction that you are off on!

Answer 4

Always follow the arrow with your sight- for example, if you are hittting to the right of the target, move you sight pin to the right; if you are shooting low, move your sight pin down!