Adjustable sights???
01-31-2003, 12:45 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Iowa
Posts: 343
Adjustable sights???
I'm in the market for a new sight and just looked at the Impact Cosmic Lite at their website. It looks like it would be very bright but can somebody explain the one pin to me. Do you have to adjust the sight on the side for distance before each shot at a different range? It seems like it would be more involved than just having more pins for different ranges. Plus I have enough stuff running through my mind when the deer appear I'm not sure I would remember to adjust it.
Can somebody explain exactly how to use it and its advantages?
Can somebody explain exactly how to use it and its advantages?
02-04-2003, 11:47 PM
#3
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Iowa
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RE: Adjustable sights???
Smitty, I tried to e-mail you but it wouldn't go through.
I'll definitely have to give them a try before deciding on whether to go with a single pin adjustable or multi pin fixed sight. I would say right now I'm leaning towards either the Cosmic or the Trophy Ridge Matrix. I've heard some complaints about the Matrix moving on people so I'm not 100% sold on it. Then again I've heard complaints about the Cosmic and how the two afjustment knobs are not as convenient as say the HHA Optimizer sight. Of course the Optimizer doesn't look nearly as bright as the Cosmic.
So many choices and every sight seems to have trade-offs.
Can you mount a removeable quiver with the Cosmic or Optimizer? It appears that you would not be able to.
I'll definitely have to give them a try before deciding on whether to go with a single pin adjustable or multi pin fixed sight. I would say right now I'm leaning towards either the Cosmic or the Trophy Ridge Matrix. I've heard some complaints about the Matrix moving on people so I'm not 100% sold on it. Then again I've heard complaints about the Cosmic and how the two afjustment knobs are not as convenient as say the HHA Optimizer sight. Of course the Optimizer doesn't look nearly as bright as the Cosmic.
So many choices and every sight seems to have trade-offs.
Can you mount a removeable quiver with the Cosmic or Optimizer? It appears that you would not be able to.
02-05-2003, 07:05 AM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SC USA
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RE: Adjustable sights???
Cabelas, I didn't want to write a book on this before,but here's my $.02. I feel your more limited with a fixed multiple pin set-up. Example
Normally in a treestand 20' up) I have one spot ,where if I get a shot its only 10-15 yrds max. A 20 yrd pin works but I have to aim a little low ,with an adjustable I just set it to 13 yrds. I have another spot that is 30 yrds max but probably about 15-20 yrds normally so there I set it at 18 yrds.In SC we can hunt over corn , at my hunting club most stand are 45-50 yrds out , if I range one at 43 I adjust my sight to 43 yds ,etc.etc.etc. To me shooting, say at 40 yrds,you got a 40 on the deer,you have a 30 and 20 above and a 50 below (that's a lot going on to me)When you can just setle in your one pin at 40 and clearly look at the animal.And like Smitty said more than likely you'll have time to adjust the sight and it does help calm you down. To me ,pulling up a sight window full of pins, picking the correct one, deciding if I need to aim high or low with one ,or shoot in between two of them ,was much more complicated.
Normally in a treestand 20' up) I have one spot ,where if I get a shot its only 10-15 yrds max. A 20 yrd pin works but I have to aim a little low ,with an adjustable I just set it to 13 yrds. I have another spot that is 30 yrds max but probably about 15-20 yrds normally so there I set it at 18 yrds.In SC we can hunt over corn , at my hunting club most stand are 45-50 yrds out , if I range one at 43 I adjust my sight to 43 yds ,etc.etc.etc. To me shooting, say at 40 yrds,you got a 40 on the deer,you have a 30 and 20 above and a 50 below (that's a lot going on to me)When you can just setle in your one pin at 40 and clearly look at the animal.And like Smitty said more than likely you'll have time to adjust the sight and it does help calm you down. To me ,pulling up a sight window full of pins, picking the correct one, deciding if I need to aim high or low with one ,or shoot in between two of them ,was much more complicated.
02-05-2003, 10:28 AM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Buford GA USA
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RE: Adjustable sights???
I have the Optimizer Lite moveable site that I am playing with in 3D. So far, this site is great. I have not decided if I will try it next bow season or not, but right now I am leaning towards at elast trying it out.
Last season I used the Trophy ridge Flatliner and a Trophy Ridge Matrix. Personally, I loved both of them. I did not experience any of the problems some folks had with the housing moving around in the divetails, just lucky I guess.
Last season I used the Trophy ridge Flatliner and a Trophy Ridge Matrix. Personally, I loved both of them. I did not experience any of the problems some folks had with the housing moving around in the divetails, just lucky I guess.
02-05-2003, 10:41 AM
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Location: SC USA
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RE: Adjustable sights???
Sitter, I'm currently using an Impact Comic . I also have a Montana Black Gold Hunter #7 that I like a lot , it just wasn't bright enough in low light situations and I wanted to try an adjustable sight. I was really surprised at how much I like the Impact Cosmic better for hunting.
02-06-2003, 08:42 AM
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: St. Paul Mn USA
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RE: Adjustable sights???
Cab,
I prefer the movable pin versus the fixed. The reason being is that once the range is set on the sight, there is no possiblitly of picking the wrong pin. This has happened to me before with fixed pin sights and has cost me a good buck.
I have the cosmic aperature on a Cobra Easy Slide movable sight body. I bought the aperature separate from the sight because in all honesty, the Impact sight body aint the greatest. The cosmic aperature is the brightest I have found and will literally be able to be seen in all legal hunting hours.
Smitty and CBM make goood points on the ease of adjustment while on stand, I have done the same many times and it becomes second nature quickly.
Mounting a quiver involves using spacers to mount the quivers mounting block away from the pivoting mechanism of the sight. Very easy and solid. My cobra came with the spacers as did a HHA Optimizer I had previously.
Hope this helps.
MN_BOWHUNTER
Edited by - MN_BOWHUNTER on 02/06/2003 08:46:29
Edited by - MN_BOWHUNTER on 02/06/2003 08:47:17
I prefer the movable pin versus the fixed. The reason being is that once the range is set on the sight, there is no possiblitly of picking the wrong pin. This has happened to me before with fixed pin sights and has cost me a good buck.
I have the cosmic aperature on a Cobra Easy Slide movable sight body. I bought the aperature separate from the sight because in all honesty, the Impact sight body aint the greatest. The cosmic aperature is the brightest I have found and will literally be able to be seen in all legal hunting hours.
Smitty and CBM make goood points on the ease of adjustment while on stand, I have done the same many times and it becomes second nature quickly.
Mounting a quiver involves using spacers to mount the quivers mounting block away from the pivoting mechanism of the sight. Very easy and solid. My cobra came with the spacers as did a HHA Optimizer I had previously.
Hope this helps.
MN_BOWHUNTER
Edited by - MN_BOWHUNTER on 02/06/2003 08:46:29
Edited by - MN_BOWHUNTER on 02/06/2003 08:47:17
02-06-2003, 08:33 PM
#9
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: rocky mount nc USA
Posts: 23
RE: Adjustable sights???
my problem with the moveable sights is that what if i see a deer walkin this trail at 20 yds.i set my pin go to full draw and go to stop the deer and he spooks out to 40 yds.i'd have two choices.let down and reset or aim over his back and throw a hail mary.i like fixed pins b/c i can adjust on the fly if need be.thou they are probably a safe bet for 99% of hunting situations,there are always exceptions to every rule.my wife uses a moveable sight b/c she only likes aiming with one pin without the other distractions.also if she guesses a distance at say 30 yds. and it is really 33 she's only off by a bit.