Recurve sight - Weekend Project

[Burnsie]

I know sights on a recurve/longbowbow aren't "traditional"  but I wanted to give it a try on one of my recurves to see if I could be accurate with it.  However, I didn't want to be drilling holes or sticking gooey adhesive on my good bow.  So over the weekend I took a piece of aluminum from my old garage door and fashioned a 1 pin sight that attaches via my limb bolt. I don't care for the camo job I tried to paint on it, so it may get a new paint job.  I only had a chance to run out and shoot 3 arrows right before dark, all three grouped nicely, but high and right.  I'm sure I have enough adjustment to dial it in.  I don't know if I will use it, but it will be fun playing around with it.
   
   
   

[Over&Under]

What a cool idea...can't say I ever saw anything quite like it.  Nice job.

[bfrbmj]

That's great.  If that is an original idea, you might want to patent it.

[Burnsie]

Thanks guys

[Outwest]

Nice job, looks really nice.
One thing about a sight is it should make you much more aware of your anchor point cause in order for it to work your anchor will have to be exactly the same everytime.

John

[JMR]

The patent idea might be a good one. I've never seen one like that before. Good luck on dialing it in and becoming a millionaire!LOL

[Burnsie]

It was my first crack at a prototype, I may try another one and make some refinements.

[Jon Stewart]

Good job, Sights been on recurves for along time. There is a photo with Fred Bear with a bow and a sight taped onto it.

[ron w]

Sights not Traditional...? Why do you think all them used bows from the 60's and 70's have holes in them. Looks to me like you did a great job      

[Old Chief]

Very professional looking.  How well did it work for you?

[Archie]

I have a very similar sight that I've used for 5 years on my Black Widow recurve.  It uses one limb bolt as an attachment and one small custom insert that BW installed when the bow was ordered.  It works EXCELLENT.  

My father thought it up, my mechanical-engineer brother-in-law worked with him on the specific design, and then his dad (a machinist) fabricated several of them.  I think that the original design was worked up somehow by using a piece of an aluminum sliding window frame.

Here's the only pic I have close to me at the moment:

[CHAD]

Looks like a winner to me.If you use a sight on your recurve to become a better shot that sounds traditional to me.Looks clean and no holes in the riser is a plus.

               Chad

[Archie]

What if you made a little impression in the brass washer behind the limb bolt, and poked a little stud out of the sight bracket, to fit into that impression, so that you would have consistent alignment of the sight to the bow?  And once tightened, it would likely not move around on you.

[Terry Green]

Although I don't use them....sights were on bows LONG before wheels were.....so don't worry about not being trad.

[Gen273]

nice work, great idea!!!!

[GWV]

Good job!

[TxAg]

Cool

[Burnsie]

Went Out and tried shooting a little more when I got home from work tonight.  I am definitely going to need to focus on my anchor to make it work consistently, but it has potential.  Probably have to wait for the weekend to really give it a good test.

[Archie]

I always line up the string in front of my eye (rear sight) and over the sight pin (front sight).  

While my anchor is the same with or without sights, I turn my head a bit differently with the sights on the recurve and my "instinctive" anchor/hold has a different sighting window.

[Burnsie]

Up for Dan D.