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Looking for a really nice sight for my browning grand illusion. Like to keep it at 100 bucks or so. What do yall suggest.
 
I really like Cobra sights. Super bright, less than $100, and Made in USA. Their customer service is also top notch. I broke a pin and a fiber optic a couple years ago. I can't remember if I called them or emailed them, but they had replacement parts in the mail within a couple days. I'm currently shooting the Boomslang Plus 6 with the 0.19 pins. I've got a 4 pin model laying around somewhere with 0.29 pins. If you're interested in it, let me know.
 
I like trophy ridge sights. I have the alpha v5 and love it! I bought it mainly because I wanted to try the inline pins and I really like them! I think you can see more through the sight window. It is super tough and really bright!
 
Thanks guys. I wish I could shoot instinctive. It would be a huge advantage, but I couldn't afford to lose an arrow each time I shot. I am shooting 31" draw and 74lbs and this bow is fast. I need to be able to put the pins very close together. I will check those out.
 
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I went to buy a set of spott hogs back last winter and they were sold out of the ones I wanted. They seem awfully expensive for a bowsight.
 
with that pull and length you may need to really look at buying you a single pin sight. Not a lot of arrow drop from 10 to 30 yds with that pull weight.....
 
Love my Spot Hoggs. They can be a little hard to set until you are familiar with them, but after you figure them out....you'll love 'em too.
 
Lung Puncher -- They are actually the same ball park as the Spot Hoggs...and depending on what model, they are cheaper. I have the Axcel HD on my hunting rig but I just gave $169 for it brand new. The last Hogg It I bought new, I paid $200 even and that was the cheapest I found it anywhere. Those Axcels are bomb proof. I love mine and how adjustable it is. I waited a long time for a sight like this. Ain't planning on trading anytime soon either. LOL

But those Copper Johns are pretty doggone close to the same chassis as the Axcel for about $100 less.
 
Pendulem, takes all the yardage and elevation questions out of the picture while only using one pin, I have used many brands of pendulems and have even made my own, I use a Savage now, you have to have a fast bow for it to work right, I have never understood why anyone would want to have to judge distance and have to pick a pin
 
51 pointer said:
Pendulem, takes all the yardage and elevation questions out of the picture while only using one pin, I have used many brands of pendulems and have even made my own, I use a Savage now, you have to have a fast bow for it to work right, I have never understood why anyone would want to have to judge distance and have to pick a pin

i have found the pendulum sights to be worthless in hilly terrain. you may have a 45 degree 20 yd shot in one direction and have a level 20 yd shot in the other direction. i use 1 pin set at 20 yds. good for dead-on hold to 30 yds.
 
stik said:
51 pointer said:
Pendulem, takes all the yardage and elevation questions out of the picture while only using one pin, I have used many brands of pendulems and have even made my own, I use a Savage now, you have to have a fast bow for it to work right, I have never understood why anyone would want to have to judge distance and have to pick a pin

i have found the pendulum sights to be worthless in hilly terrain. you may have a 45 degree 20 yd shot in one direction and have a level 20 yd shot in the other direction. i use 1 pin set at 20 yds. good for dead-on hold to 30 yds.

hilly terrain is why I use one...its what they are made for, my old farm in Gallatin had so much diferent type of terrain... especially hills, I had to do something to compensate for those downhill and uphill shots, except for directly below the stand which is a dumb shot its as simple as aim your pin on your target and release, my bow is chrono'd at 310 fps, I can shoot 0-36 yds with no dropage on flat ground but it will shoot slightly low....1"-2", in a tree over 15 ft its dead on from 5-40 yds, I hunt on average 30' high but last year I took my 201" buck hunting on the ground using the pendulem at 25 yds, I see a lot of guys shake their head at them but you won't ever hear me say I picked the wrong pin or I wish I had time to get a yardage on that 160" buck so I knew which pin to use, just about every book buck I have taken came to rattling horns and I had no more than 5-10 seconds to take the shot, don't get me wrong...I've missed some whoppers when trying to take unorthadox shots but it was always hunter error...not the sight, but to each his own as we all say on here
 
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