1st pin to 30?

I have a 4 pin sight and want to set it up for 20, 30, 40, and 50 yards. This bow is pretty new so I only have the 20 yard pin dialed in. I decided today to set the rest of my pins so I stuck my 2nd pin pretty close to my 1st pin and I shot way high. So I stuck it as high as it would go and it was still high at 30 yards. I decided to shoot my 20 pin at 30 and it was a pretty good shot. So i took my 2nd pin to 40 and it was dead on. Can i really have my 1st pin go out to 30? Or should i do some adjustments? Here is a pic of my first pin at 10, 20 and 30 yards

 

don't know why you would change that, looks like all you have is in inch or so to hold depending on the distance. i would love if i had one pin that was good out to thirty. less to worry about

 

x2 Me too

 

Let me ask you this, What happens when you shoot your now 30yd pin at 20yd or even closer at 15yd? The only problem I see with that is having a pin for closer shots. You CAN use your first pin out to 50yd if you weren't worried about your closer shots. My point is the 25yd set up is the way a lot of people are going now due to bows being so fast. Now if it hits the same at 15yd as it does at 30yd then yes it is 100% possible. The reason for the most common 20, 30, 40, 50 and so on, set ups are that using the 20yd pin has almost the same POI as that same pin at 10yd. It may hit a touch high but, the difference in POI at 10yd and 20yd there isn't enough room on the sight for another pin that close to the 20yd pin. Try shooting the 30yd at 15yd without any sort of adjusting and see how bad off it is. For me too leave it if it were mine it would have to be within 2" to leave it. Thats just me though.

 

Yeah I probably should have added something about holding high or low and realized it after I posted. Lil I am not sure what my new set up is going to be yet as it should be hitting in the 305fps+ range. I shoot a really light arrow. Right at 355gr. We aren't getting into the light vs heavy arrow thing though. lol Anyways, with 6 pins I will probably be at 25 on pin 1 and from there who knows. This is new territory for me as I have never sighted in a bow shooting faster than 285pfs and on that one, I could shoot the same pin at 25yd without holding high. It hit like 1/2" low. My 30 was not very far from my 20. I just preferred mine set up that way.

Try it at 20yd see where it hits at 10 and 15 then try it at 25 and 30 and see which one you are happy with. You may like being able to hold high or low like Little Chief stated. We all have different opinions and thats what is so great about archery. You could set one pin at 50yd if you wanted and hold high or low.

 

My point is that I do not have a 30 yrd pin. What I thought was my 30 yrd pin is 4" high and dead on at 40 and that is as high up I can pull my 2nd pin up on the sight. Those shots are all with my 20 yrd pin aiming dead center each shot. As it is set up now I would use my first pin from 10-30

 

It really depend on how comfortable you are with judging distances and being able to hold a bit low depending on said distance. All on you and your ability.

 

Do you plan on hunting from a ground blind? If not, your wasting your time setting up your pins from ground level.

 

OK so I completely misunderstood your original post. So are you saying that in that pic, your first arrow is with your 20ys pin at 20yd. The second is with your 20yd pin at 30yd. The third arrow is with the same pin set at 20yd at 40yd???????


Can you not adjust your sight ring (part of the sight that your pins mount too) up any? Then you could have a 20yd pin.

If you like it how it is, leave it.

 

Personally, my last set up was sighted in from the ground and I was dead on from 17 feet up out to 35yd. I didn't try past that with that set up.

 

I hope this doesn't turn into another physics defying thread.

 

Stick. My first shot the top arrow was 10 yards the middle was 20 and the bottom was 30. I have a pic that has my first pin at 10, 20, 30, 40 all on the same pin aiming dead center. DOGFISH I do hunt from ground blinds mostly.

 

If my 30yd pin is sighted in for shooting at ground level, in my tree stand (all my stands are around 18-22ft) at 30yds my arrow will be around 6inches high.

 

that is because you are at an incline and the distance you are shooting is really about 24 yrds. I set my bow up from the ground because i mostly shot from the ground but when i do get into a stand then my range finder does all of the math for me and tells me the true distance. I know you comment was not directed towards me you are just answering the guys question. I am just stating why i sight my bow in from the ground.

 

This is what I personally would do if it were my set up. Not saying you should if you like what you have though. To me it looks like your 20yd arrow it hitting an inch or so high.

I would move my entire sight up just a touch. 1/16" to start then adjust up ot down as needed. This would get the 20yd dead on and your 10 just a touch lower but, still close to if not in the ring with the 20yd. On a deer thats still right where you need it. IMO perfect for hunting. This would in turn put your 30yd arrow hitting lower than it is now. You would then be able to adjust your second pin to be your 30yd pin and then you should be able to have the 3rd pin for your 40yd and 4th for your 50yd.

 

Just curious, are you making sure you bend at the waist and hold your form?? I can see your POI changing if your form changes but, if it stays the same, it shouldn't.