Bow setup problem? Sights off 1/2 inch…
Question:
Thought I would tap the collective wisdom here… I have a Bear Epic Xtreme. Shooting carbons. She groups fine…but when I draw, the sights are about 1/2 inch to the left of the arrow (rest/nock combo). Using a Fletchunter release and a string loop. Is this normal? I would have thought that the arrow should be more or less in line with the sight pins. Could I be screwing something up with my grip, given that it shoots quite accurately like this? Or might something else be the cause? Andrzej Jan Taramina Chaeron Consulting Corp Enterprise System Solutions http://www.chaeron.com NOTE: Remove Spamicide(tm) before replying!!!
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Here, this was just posted recently, and there is a page on this link that deals with bow sights – it’s more than you want to know, but the answer to yore question is likely in there, concernin’ parallax. A recent thread stimulated some of what brain cells I have remaining on the topic of bow sights so I have now put a page up providing what Ron would term "everything you never wanted to know about bow sights". Hope you find it useful. See http://homepage.ntlworld.com/joetapley – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Thought I would tap the collective wisdom here… > I have a Bear Epic Xtreme. Shooting carbons. She groups fine…but > when I draw, the sights are about 1/2 inch to the left of the arrow > (rest/nock combo). Using a Fletchunter release and a string loop. > Is this normal? I would have thought that the arrow should be more or > less in line with the sight pins. > Could I be screwing something up with my grip, given that it shoots > quite accurately like this? > Or might something else be the cause? > Andrzej Jan Taramina > Chaeron Consulting Corp > Enterprise System Solutions > http://www.chaeron.com > NOTE: Remove Spamicide(tm) before replying!!!
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Sh*t. Forgot to cover this topic – have now added something about it. With a recurve having the sight pin outside the arrow is common – usually happens because of how the archer anchors combined with head aligment. Having the pin inside the arrow usually results from bad tuning or a twisted riser/limbs. How you can get this happening with a compound bow (presumably using a peep sight) I will leave to the compound gurus. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Thought I would tap the collective wisdom here… > I have a Bear Epic Xtreme. Shooting carbons. She groups fine…but > when I draw, the sights are about 1/2 inch to the left of the arrow > (rest/nock combo). Using a Fletchunter release and a string loop. > Is this normal? I would have thought that the arrow should be more or > less in line with the sight pins. > Could I be screwing something up with my grip, given that it shoots > quite accurately like this? > Or might something else be the cause? > Andrzej Jan Taramina > Chaeron Consulting Corp > Enterprise System Solutions > http://www.chaeron.com > NOTE: Remove Spamicide(tm) before replying!!!
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Most often this is caused from an improperly spined arrow. It can also arise from not holding a tight anchor and drifting the string away from the face. Jane
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Sh*t. Forgot to cover this topic – have now added something about it. > With a recurve having the sight pin outside the arrow is common – usually > happens because of how the archer anchors combined with head aligment. > Having the pin inside the arrow usually results from bad tuning or a twisted > riser/limbs. > How you can get this happening with a compound bow (presumably using a peep > sight) I will leave to the compound gurus. > Thought I would tap the collective wisdom here… > I have a Bear Epic Xtreme. Shooting carbons. She groups fine…but > when I draw, the sights are about 1/2 inch to the left of the arrow > (rest/nock combo). Using a Fletchunter release and a string loop. > Is this normal? I would have thought that the arrow should be more or > less in line with the sight pins. > Could I be screwing something up with my grip, given that it shoots > quite accurately like this? > Or might something else be the cause? > Andrzej Jan Taramina > Chaeron Consulting Corp > Enterprise System Solutions > http://www.chaeron.com > NOTE: Remove Spamicide(tm) before replying!!!
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> Most often this is caused from an improperly spined arrow. It can also arise > from not holding a tight anchor and drifting the string away from the face.
Arrow spine is matched fine to the bow. Anchor is tight and the string is tight to the cheek so I don’t think that is the problem (it may not be a problem…some web searches have come up with some tips that suggest that this is not abnormal for many compound bows, having the sights off to one side a bit). I had the serving starting to unravel to dropped by the local pro shop (no time to fix it myself before heading out for a bear/deer/moose hunt tomorrow). Had them check the centershot adjustment, since it looked out (just eyeballing it). Turns out the centershot was WAY out….we’ll see if that lines things up a bit better once I re-sight in tomorrow. Also, the Bear Epic Xtreme bow has an offset cam and split limbs, which could also account for the need to have the sight pins off to the left of the line of the arrow. In any case, the bow was grouping pretty well (when I did my part)…with the fixed centershot adjustment it should even be better, regardless of how the sight pins line up to the arrow, so I don’t think I’m going to worry about it any more. If it shoots where it’s supposed to, there is obviously not a problem! 
Andrzej Jan Taramina Chaeron Consulting Corp Enterprise System Solutions http://www.chaeron.com NOTE: Remove Spamicide(tm) before replying!!!
