I admit my shooting was terrible last year, and its too difficult for me to get much practice living in suburbia soooooo, I am trying to find a simple pin sight for my recurve and striking out. All the sights I can locate online are the new turbo 3000 fiberoptic dohickeys that are way overkill. I just want a way to solidly mount a single pin on the front of the riser. Any Help in this department is appreciated.
Grant
I have one that is a single pin but you can slide it up or down for different yards it old but still works its all brass dont have any idea of brand of it send me your adress and ill send it to you i dont use it and its just sitting in a box, it mounts on the front of the riser with two screws so you will have to drill two small holes
Look at the DAS SRF sight at Three Rivers. You can always tape a rubber eraser with a match stick inserted into it to your bow in a pinch. Also check out gararge sales and such for the old simple sight pin sights of yesteryear. They're fairly common and you can pick them up for little of nothing.
I just bought a load of older archery stuff. I throw all the compound items in one box and haven't gone through it yet but saw some pin type sites in there. Let me did and see what I come up with.
glue a toothpick between two pieces of leather then use a rubberband to adjust until you find your spot then attach the leather with rubber contact cement like Barge.
Get the SR, you will be happy with it.
That auction site usually has several simple (both single and multiple) pin sights available - under $15. Cobra is one brand that comes to mind. If your riser doesn't have inserts - they can be taped on - there is no need to drill your riser.
Wooden match stick and some double sided tape.
Glue a small strip of 4-5 oz leather on back of riser and then stick a long map pin in it. :thumbsup:
Sloaf, don't drill the bow, tape the sight on you won't regret it. Taping will keep it in place.
Thanks for the responses those are some great alternatives. I am thinking maybe the leather barged cemented on the riser back with two nuts affixed and another layer of leather on top then just run a nice little bolt out of the nuts and you have a left right adjustment. There may be a prototype built. If I manage something repectable I'll post a photo.
The first prototype didn't make the cut. I tried a back of the riser style but it was just too narrow and curved to get a decent mount. Here's the new finished product. Did someone hit the easy button?
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I took a metal scraper, cut it to size and put a slot in it with my dremel. Then I applied a porton of leather with barge cement to go between the bow and the metal. I ground a taper on a screw from the hardware store and painted the ball white. I have no excuses for missing now. What pleases me the most is how solid the barge cement is holding this on with a decent flat contact area so there are no holes in the riser.
Grant