I shoot a single pin sliding sight on my bow. I love the field of view with the single pin, but sometimes I wish I had a fixed setup in case I didn't have time to slide to the appropriate yardage.

Today I came up w the idea to add "pins" below the actual fiber optic in the sight post (I doubt this idea is original).

Took a little piece of post it and marked down where 20, 30, and 40 yards were on my tape. Then lined the 20 mark on post it to pin, and put a little dot of acrylic paint on the post. Now when my sight is rolled all the way up to 20, I can still shoot out to 40 without having to guess holdover.

The paint I used… used toothpick trimmed to desired diameter to apply dots. Originally tried same color as pin but you couldn't see it. Painted w/ white and then added a dot of natural glow when the white was dry.



Finished product… 40 yd dot is a little off center but it's ok. May try to scrape some of the paint off right edge


2 @ 30, 2 @ 40


With the glow… I think I'd have to "charge" the glow paint w a flashlight if hunting in a blind, but still decently bright



Also, this extends my total range. My fletchings hit the bottom of my sight housing at 80 yards. Now that bottom dot gets me out to 95 or so

Great idea!

That's a great idea. I shoot a single pin slider too but wish I had a 3 pin slider. Only got the single bc i broke my sight on a hunt and the nearest archery shop only had the single in stock. My problem is I'm always messing around with my arrow setup so the dots would need to be moved.

phorizt said:

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That's a great idea. I shoot a single pin slider too but wish I had a 3 pin slider. Only got the single bc i broke my sight on a hunt and the nearest archery shop only had the single in stock. My problem is I'm always messing around with my arrow setup so the dots would need to be moved.

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They make stickers for the inside of a target lens, those would probably work as well. I wasn't going to pay 7.99 shipping for $8 worth of stickers

https://lancasterarchery.com/products/gunstar-mongo-target-set

I shoot a 2 pin slider. 20/30 or 30/40 depending on the bow. It's the handiest sight system I've used.

With a 2 pin do both indicators move down the tape when you roll wheel? Or does top stay stationary?

I like that idea! But help me out, are you saying your gap on the tape and the pin are the same distance. Not tracking how you transferred it to the pin.

I shoot the Fast Eddie Double Pin.
I usually leave the top pin on 28 putting the bottom on 40. I can shoot at 15 just holding a hair low. But I wouldn't mind having a 3rd or 4th "pin" or point of reference.

They both move

ETA: I may just split the distance of my pins and use your technique to add one more pin between them and one below, then just sight them in to see where they hit

So the gap between them is set? Meaning if you have one indicator at 20 and the other at 35 you can't adjust between them? I've never understood that

raidernarizona said:

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I like that idea! But help me out, are you saying your gap on the tape and the pin are the same distance. Not tracking how you transferred it to the pin.

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Used tape gap. Took a little piece of the sticky part of post it, and marked according to tape. Then bent to where I could stick on side of pin and see marks… line up the 20 and mark according to post it.

Then I took post it and compared marks to tape between 80 & 100 to see what I could cover. Bottom dot was about 95. Could get to over 100 using top of level as reference but I don't trust myself that far with an 18" target

Right, they're not adjustable. Once sighted in, that gap is just determined by bow speed, arrow weight, etc

Just looked that sight up. I like that it's a 2 pin vertical. I don't think I could go back to horizontal pins.

Tandy...

Looks like a MBG sight?

Wondering if the version you have allows for changing out the scope housing, and you could just buy a 3 pin and swap it.

I know a few guys that like having a single for 3D, but a 3-pin for hunting. So they swap scope housings from season to season.

That said, not all versions allow a swap.

I agree tandy! I couldn't go back either. They came out with the 3 pin the year after I bought mine. Just don't want to spend $200 for the housing for that extra pin.

Yep. Black Gold Ascent Whitetail. It's one of their lower end sights so I doubt it accommodates other scopes.

Next go round I'm going to buy a sight with no rod or scope and then get exactly what I want scope wise.

Looks good, and great idea. I switched over to a new Option Archery site this season and I love it. Gives you the choice of a traditional fixed pin set up or a slider. Simply flip the fixed pins out of the way when you don't need them and want a clear site picture. My slider gets me out to 84 yards.

https://optionarchery.com/collections/sights/products/new-s-series-option-sights

This is where something like the UV3 hunting scope with interchangeable lenses is really a pretty cool piece of tech.

The price isn't for the fait of heart, but not much is in the archery world anymore.

I've been looking at the 2 pin UV3 in .10. Looks like a pretty good scope

tandy miller said:

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With a 2 pin do both indicators move down the tape when you roll wheel? Or does top stay stationary?

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Both pins move as the entire housing moves. My specific sight only has one indicator on the tape. I use my bottom pin as the floater, so the top pin is anywhere from 10 to 2 yards of difference depending on bow and distance.

ETA: MBG Ascent Verdict 6" Dovetails with 1.75" housings. 0.19 top and 0.010 bottom pins.

Is the housing black gold as well?

Yes sir.

Somebody help me out here, how does a multi-pin slider work in a hunting scenario? I've seen these becoming more popular and I just don't get it. I use a 5 pin for hunting and I've used both a 5 pin and a single pin adjustable for target (I've finished top 3 in Hunter class ASA State Championship and top 3 in TFAA Field in both Hunter and Open classes) so I'm familiar with both but don't understand the overlap...