![]() I jokingly mentioned in another article, that you would probably be able to hammer a nail in a piece of wood with my current sight. The weight and balance of your bowĮspecially if you have a high quality sight, the entire assembly will weigh quite allot. Solving it that way is more beneficial since incorrect arrow or plunger tuning will negatively influence your accuracy. Another common issue is that you’re shooting with too flexible arrows. If you have interference issues with the arrow you should, however, always check whether your plunger is correctly configured. In that position it will be less likely to hit the arrow. But if you experience this issue, however, you can place the sight closer to the riser. If you arrows and plunger are properly configured, this will probably not happen. While it’s bending it can hit the sight, which will severely lower your accuracy. When the arrow leaves a recurve bow, the arrow will bend in the left-right orientation. Your arrow cannot only interfere with the aperture but also the elevation console, the long vertical bar on your sight. Even if you shoot at a short distance, meaning that your sight aperture is far up, you can still run into problems. In the previous section we briefly discussed how a sight might interfere with the arrow. If you want to shoot at these long distances and you can’t lower your sight anymore, placing the sight closer to the riser can solve your issue. But if you use a bow with a low poundage to shoot 76 yards (70 meters) or 98 yards (90 meters) you will undoubtedly run into issues. If you shoot short distances below 55 yards (50 meters) you probably won’t have this issue. See the pictures below for visualization. When your sight is closer to the riser it will increase the angle at which you hold the bow. If you place the sight closer to the riser, you will be to shoot at larger distances. This is not only a disadvantage but also an advantage. In the previous section we learned that if your sight is closer to the riser, the adjustments will become more extreme. There will be a point that you can’t lower the sight, because it will start to interfere with the flight of the arrow. If you lower your sight, the aperture will be closer to the arrow. You can’t, however, lower the sight indefinitely. When you want to shoot your bow at a longer distance, you will have to lower the sight. Therefore, for most archers the real benefit will be hardly noticeable. Most advanced sights, however, have a lot of build in tools that allow you to make very precise adjustments. If you have a cheap sight which doesn’t allow you to make precise adjustments, this will be a serious consideration. Therefore, it’s easier to make precise adjustments and find the optimal spot. Any adjustments you make to the sight will be less extreme then when the sight is closer to the riser. Your sight will not become more precise all of a sudden but this is regarding the configuration of the sight. Most target archers place their sight far out from the bow due to precision. This picture was taken from the string to the sight, only the length of the sight arm was altered between the two photos Adjustments of the sight For most people it will not matter too much, but especially if you have problems with your eyesight, you might want to place the sight closer to the riser. ![]() In general, you don’t want your sight to small or too large, since this can make it more difficult to aim. When you place the sight farther away from the bow, they will both get smaller. If you place the sight closer to the riser, the aperture and sight pin will appear larger. Another way you can influence your sight picture is by adjusting the length of sight arm. You can influence the sight picture by changing your aperture and sight pin. The sight picture is how you see your sight and the target. The first thing you have to consider is your sight picture. How to pick the right sight for your bow – recurve archery Your sight picture Therefore, I would highly suggest reading that article first, if you aren’t familiar with the terminology of sights. ![]() All words and aspects I discuss in this article is based on an in depth article about sights, which you can find below. In this article, I will mention a lot of terminology which might be new to you. ![]() If you want to see a quick overview take a look at the ‘’pros and cons’’ section. In this section I will discuss some pros and cons which come from these changes in the dynamics. When you are deciding how far you want to extend the sight forward, you have to consider how this changes the dynamics of the bow. In this article I will discuss these dynamics and discuss what you should consider. I just couldn’t include them all otherwise my answer wouldn’t be concise anymore. Recommendations when you are just getting startedĪlthough my short answer makes the choice seem really easy, there are a lot more dynamics involved that you should consider. ![]()
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