[micklekoningen]

Is it good to have a lot of pins all set with a measurement 10 more yards than the one above of it? Or is it good to have a single pin? I use a 3 pin sight personally, set accurately.

 

[CoffeeGrinder]

3 pin slider for me (20yrds, 30yrds, 40yrds/slider)(.19, .19, .10). It's all personal preference, but this setup works best for me.

 

[micklekoningen]

Because i am only a junior, my 3 pins are set to 10, 15 and 20, but as i am getting older, i will need longer distances and pin settings.

 

[CoffeeGrinder]

Because i am only a junior, my 3 pins are set to 10, 15 and 20, but as i am getting older, i will need longer distances and pin settings.

Can just move the pins you have as they need moving the more you start shooting longer distances, but get what you like. I used to shoot a 5pin and 4pin, but after moving to the 3pin any more than 3 pins to me clutter up my view. There are some on here that still like their 7pins

 

[Bisch]

Single pin for me, but it’s all personal preference.

Bisch

 

[Pray4draws]

5 with a slider.

 

[Swamp Squatch]

I prefer a single pin, but I currently have a 4 pin on my hunting bow 20, 30, 40, 50. But all the pins clutter up the housing too much for my liking. I use the 20 pin more than anything.

 

[micklekoningen]

I like the fact of adding an extra 10 metres to each pin on the way down.

 

[06 SB]

I set up mine a bit different and generally prefer 3 pins. My first pin is zeroed at 25 yards. That puts the arrow about 1” high at 20 and 1” low at 30 yards. This covers 99% of my shots where I hunt. My other two are 40 and 50 yards mainly for practice. I have an Axcel 5 pin right now so I have a 4th set at 60. Number 5 is unused and moved to the bottom of the housing. My next sight will be a 3 pins slider.

 

[Weapon-X]

Recently bought a single pin slider from the marketplace here, and I am a convert. Much cleaner sight picture.

 

[busanga]

I set up mine a bit different and generally prefer 3 pins. My first pin is zeroed at 25 yards. That puts the arrow about 1” high at 20 and 1” low at 30 yards. This covers 99% of my shots where I hunt. My other two are 40 and 50 yards mainly for practice. I have an Axcel 5 pin right now so I have a 4th set at 60. Number 5 is unused and moved to the bottom of the housing. My next sight will be a 3 pins slider.

I have axcel 5 pin.. I took 2 out. And have same settings as yours 25ish 40 ish and 50ish

 

[Kevin2]

1!

Perhaps a single pin mounted vertically with a second pin underneath it on the same vertical mount.

 

[South]

I like 2 on a vertical post

 

[deadquiet]

Single with a mover below it.

 

[Buffalo1]

I pin- slider style sight.

 

[Bryce@Spot-Hogg]

If I had to pick one housing style to shoot for everything from here on out, it would be a double pin. I personally will never hunt with a single pin again. I've been burned twice and in the heat of the moment when I say in my head hold 4" high, I end up holding 4" high of the back and not the vitals and give them a haircut...

With our double pin, I can shoot to 50+ yards without moving my sight. For more open country hunting elk I set my 2nd pin at 40, my top pin ends up being around 26 yards (280fps hunting rig) and my level ends up being around 52 yards. Clean sight picture, light, durable, simple, and I have aiming references out to 50 yards. For backup shots, practicing, target shooting, competition shooting, I shoot it like it is a single pin and I never even look at the 2nd pin. For TAC style evens I have 2 extra references to get more range besides using the top pin like a single pin. The gaps between the top pin and the 2nd pin and the level are the same so whatever my double pointer tells me the gap is between my top and 2nd pin, I add the same amount for the level then subtract 2 yards and it is typically really close to where my level will hit. More than accurate enough for goofing around at longer ranges for fun. I have also ran a triple pointer and set one for each pin and the 3rd for the level. But I don't use those others enough that I just went back to the double pointer for myself.

Some don't like the fact that the gap isn't adjustable, but the way it is designed and setup, it is so user friendly for the gaps and the actual distance the gaps are spread apart really makes sense when you start playing with shooting different distances as well as giving you an overall excellent sight picture that is not cluttered up.

I also like my 3 horizontal pin setups as well. Both horizontal and vertical. Both have similarly great features with slightly more cluster but slightly more precision at varying distances. But if I had to pick one for all types of shooting, the double is just a better all-around do everything pin configuration with the way the gaps are and the level and how everything just works well together. Having uneven gaps between the 2 pins and the level isn't as beneficial IMHO like you end up with on other sights with an adjustable 2nd pin or a housing that is a difference size. It's just such a well thought out and designed housing, then you add the MRT rings on top of that and it is such an amazing system.

 

[beanbag137]

drilled lens + clear fiber + whatever LED color I want + elevation dial

 

[chasejohnson83]

I switch back and forth between a 3-pin horizontal and a 2-pin vertical. The 3-pin horizontal is nice because it gives me more preset yardages without having to adjust anything, which can be handy if the shot distance changes quickly. On the other hand, the 2-pin vertical keeps my sight picture really clean and makes it easier to pick up the target fast. I honestly like both setups — it just depends on what I’m shooting and the situation that day.

 

[BTP]

I would say one dot. I splurged on a Garmin

 

[raisins]

For hunting, I do not like a lot of pins because I get buck fever and those pins can look like Christmas lights and I'll pick the wrong one, I fear (and I've done that when younger). I also think that the 10 yard pin increment made more sense when bows were slower. With a particularly fast bow (like 300 fps or more), your 20 and 30 yards pins are going to be just about on top of each other with very little gap. So, for hunting, I shoot a 2 horizontal pin sight, with the first pin at 25 yards and the second at 40 yards. The top, 25 yard pin is green and centered in the housing and the 40 is off center and red. Centered and green catches the eye and so I do not pick the red accidentally when the action is close and fast.

The pin gap between my 25 and 40 yard pin with my modern bow (275 fps) is about the same as was my pin gap between 20 and 30 yard pins when I shot compound and aluminum arrows back in the day (not sure but I'd guess around 240 fps).